What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynacroghy OR Gallowstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynacroghy OR Gallowstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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