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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowntanlis

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Mutton and bacon, potato bread and butter, brown bread and butter, cheese and pickle, jam and butter, tea or coffee, milk and sugar.
Close to the top of a ridge in rolling grassland. Circular rath (D 47.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is visible at SW and from NW through N to NE. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements at S and W. Gaps at N, E and ESE appear modern. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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