Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Derrydonnell North

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What is recorded here

On a gentle rise in marshy rough pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 36m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 1.1m; int. H 0.5m), which is overlain by a later field wall. A stone-filled hollow, possibly a collapsed Man-made underground passage (GA095-032001-), lies within the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 129, no. 59a) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA095-032

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