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Chapel Fort

Fairy fort / ringfort

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In level grassland within the former Clonbrock estate. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 42m, NW-SE c. 35m) defined by three banks and two intervening fosses. The middle bank and fosse survive only at S; elsewhere they occur as a berm-like feature. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA073-061

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Willthacheerleader18, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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