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Cahergalloon

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 30m) defined by a drystone wall obscured at E by field-clearance rubble. A Man-made underground passage (GA103-012001-) is associated. (McCaffrey 1952, 177, no. 68) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-012

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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