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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange More: A 38m circular rath in County Galway, partially erased by ploughing and cut by two field walls. The earth rampart still rises from northwest through east to south-southeast, marking a boundary that farming repeated but never fully understood. An underground passage lies nearby, inviting speculation about what the fort concealed or controlled. The site preserves the shape of human intention even where memory has thinned.
In an area of undulating pastureland and tillage. This poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 38m) is defined by a scarp from NW through E to SSE. A N-S running field wall cuts it at NW and another running E-W cuts it at SSE. No visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives to the W and S of these walls where the field has been tilled. A Man-made underground passage (GA106-087001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 January 2018

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