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Fairy fort / ringfort in Killagh More

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Killagh More holds a subcircular rath thirty-eight metres across on a grassy ridge, marked by a steep scarp and a surviving external fosse. The earthwork contains a man-made underground passage, suggesting the site served human purposes beyond ordinary pasture. Local names call it a fairy fort, yet the measured dimensions and built tunnel point to a inhabited place where people dug, defended or hid before the stories changed its shape.
On a ridge in grassland. Subcircular rath (NNE-SSW 38.8m, WNW-ESE 36m), in fair condition, defined by a scarp and an external fosse; the latter survives from NE to ESE. Numerous gaps appear modern. Within the interior is a Man-made underground passage (GA086-166001-). 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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