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Cappanaveagh Fort

Fairy fort / ringfort

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On S-facing slope, now part of the suburbs of Salthill, Galway city. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c.30m), no visible surface traces of which survive. 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

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