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Fairy fort / ringfort in Cloonymorris

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Cloonymorris holds a forgotten chamber beneath its grass, waiting for someone brave enough to stop pretending the ground is empty. The field wall and quarry scars have cut through the old fort, but they have not erased the purpose hidden underneath. People built the visible ring for goats, grain or grief, then they built the invisible ring for memory. The fairies never left because they are still waiting for humans to admit the chamber exists.
In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved densely overgrown subcircular rath (E-W 41.7m, N-S 39m) defined by a scarp. A field wall overlies the monument from SE through S to W, and several modern gaps are visible. Quarrying has occurred from SSW to SW. There is a probable Man-made underground passage (GA086-090001-) within the interior. 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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