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Caheratoother

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a slight rise in an area of gently rolling pastureland. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S 30.3m, E-W 41m) defined by a single, much-collapsed drystone Wall from NE through S to NW; overlain in all portions by a modem wall. Cut by a road at SSE and NW. A bungalow is built into the enclosing element at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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