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Caheranargid

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

In low-lying grassland. Circular cashel (D c. 28m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall overlain by a field wall from NW through N to NE. A gap at SE could be original. A collapsed rectangular structure of stone (NE-SW; L 18m, Wth 3.2m), probably a house, is visible in SSE sector of the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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