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Cahershanbacky

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Cahershanbacky
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What is recorded here

In rough pasture overlooking a turlough to the N. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 34m) defined by a substantial double-faced drystone wall most clearly visible at W and N. Elsewhere the wall is almost completely obscured by overgrowth. A Man-made underground passage (GA104-090001-) is associated. Another cashel (GA104-091----) lies c. 100m to the ESE. (McCaffrey 1952, 221, no. 4) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 23 January 2017

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