Eskerboy Fort, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In level grassland. This subcircular rath (c. 38m N-S; c. 35m E-W) is defined by a bank and external fosse. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at N. A field bank cuts through it at NE and SE and to the E of it the fosse survives as a vegetation band.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA107-070

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