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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Beaghcauneen

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Close to shore at N end of Loch Fada. Subcircular island (N-S 24m; E-W 21m) defined by a platform of stones and peat. This encloses a central mound of peat (H 1.7m) which slopes towards S. There is a small rectangular depression (L 1.5m, Wth 1m) in S half of the interior. A well-preserved stone causeway (Wth 1.15m), running SW from the island for 21.3m before turning S for 3.7m, connects it to the shore. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA049-009

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Photo credits
  • Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mac McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: Abbeyglen Castle Hotel
  • United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bunowen Castle - geograph.org.uk - 585443.jpg : Hugh Chevallier Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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