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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newtown (darcy)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy forts are human inventions, not supernatural ones. Build the chamber, dig the well, and the camera has a visible place to photograph. The real wonder is that people still believe the trick instead of doing the work.
On a ridge in low-lying grassland. Circular rath (D 40.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. A scarp forms the enclosing element at NE and SE. Possible entrance at SE. Centrally placed within the interior is a subrectangular structure of earth and stone (L 18m, Wth 12m) with a central oval depression (L 6m, Wth 3m). 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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