Cahergortmore, fairy fort or stone ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Some 30m SE of a ringfort (GA042-189001-). Poorly preserved oval cashel (E-W 31m, N-S 26.4m) defined by a drystone wall, no visible surface trace of which survives at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-190

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