Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Barragarraun, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a rise in undulating pastureland. Very poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 32m) defined by a collapsed stony bank, which is overlain by a later field wall, from S to W. From W through N to E only the outline of the monument is visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA105-025

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