What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Chapelpark stands 250m E of a ringfort (GA099-057----) in County Galway, Ireland. It is a circular rath, 30m across, with a defined bank and a 1.7m gap at NE that may be original. People may have lived, hidden or marked territory there before records began. The earth still holds the shape of that choice.
Some 250m E of a ringfort (GA099-057----) Circular rath (D 30m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. A gap (Wth 1.7m) at NE may be original.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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