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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Killower

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

In low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (E-W 32.5m, N-S 29.3m) defined by a drystone wall, overlain at E and W by a field wall. A gap at N appears modern. Within the interior is a square grassed-over stone structure (L/Wth 3m), possibly the remains of a house. An earthwork (GA028-030----) lies c. 100m to NW. 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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