Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballywinna, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In recently cleared pastureland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (c. 60m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, which is much-obscured by overgrowth. A CBG (GA096-010001-) is associated. (McCaffrey 1952, 149, no. 57) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA096-010

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