Cartron Fort, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On the brow of a hill in gently rolling grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m) and classified by Neary (1914, 120, no. 26) as 'a circular, earthen rath'. Only a vegetation band marks the site today. On his location map, Neary (ibid., 126) confuses its location with that of GA005-054----. A probable Man-made underground passage (GA005-053001-) is associated. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-053

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