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Dun Onaght

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Dun Onaght
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What is recorded here

On NE side of a ridge overlooking the village of Eoghanacht, Inis Mór, to N. Dún Eoghanachta, a Nat. Mon., is a restored circular cashel (D 27.8m) defined by a massive drystone rampart with two terraces and interconnecting steps. Entrance at SE. In the interior are three rectangular clochans (GA110-020001-). 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Photo: Ronan Mac Giollapharaic · CC BY-SA 4.0