Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Caranavoodaun, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (diam. c. 61m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, best preserved from WSW through W to NNE. A field boundary overlies the enclosing element. (McCaffrey 1952, 190, no. 76a) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 January 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-091

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