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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumharsna South

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible stone remains in Drumharsna South, yet the lost fort likely stood thirty metres wide within the grassland. It may have been a sturdy home, a defensive shelter or a boundary marker for a nearby settlement. The absence of ruins does not erase the purpose of the place. The land still holds the shape of a choice made by people who believed the fort would help them survive.
In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 272, no. 36) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 33.8m) defined by a drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

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