What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Pollnahallia is a circular cashel in level Galway grassland. A drystone wall and western or northern revetment traces still mark the site, while grass hides the rest. The loss of shape may be why it became a fairy name, because the living boundary faded first.
In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 30m) defined by a drystone wall. Traces of revetment visible at W and N; elsewhere the enclosing element is grassed over.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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