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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcloony (dunmore By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a rise in otherwise level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (E-W c. 45m) defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse from NNW through N to ESE. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives elsewhere. Gap at NE may be original. A field bank radiates from the monument at NW. A Man-made underground passage (GA016-060001-) is associated. (Costello 1903, 5) 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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