Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Caherakilleen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In level grassland. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (50m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall much obscured by overgrowth. (McCaffrey 1952, 166, no. 10) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 January 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA097-032

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