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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creevaghbaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Creevaghbaun holds a broken oval rath fifty-one metres long, its earthen scarp and fosse still visible from west through north to east before disappearing beneath a cutting field wall. The fort overlookes bog to the south, suggesting whoever built it chose a ridge where firelight could be seen across dark water. Its southern edge has vanished entirely, leaving only a partial circle that seems to dissolve into the land rather than end at a gate.
In undulating grassland overlooking bog to S. Poorly preserved oval rath (E-W 51m, N-S 31m) defined by a scarp and external fosse from W through N to E. A field wall cuts the monument at E and W, to S of which no visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives. 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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