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Embanked enclosure in Cashelcolaun

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (int. dims 34m E-W; 30.6m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2-4m; int. H 1.3-1.5m; ext. H 1-1.3m) built on a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2m), which is cleared back from the wall S-W-ENE. The entrance (Wth 2m), with a gate, is at E. Man-made underground passage (RO008C013002-) is just SW of the centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO008C013001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
  • Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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