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Enclosure in Caherglassaun

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Enclosure in Caherglassaun
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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

In grassland overlooking Caherglassaun Lough to the S. Marked on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 27m E-W). No visible surface trace survives. A tower house (GA122-029----) lies c. 90m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 February 2019
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