Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Beaghcauneen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

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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