Fairy fort or ringfort in Fearagha, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In level grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). A large mound of field-clearance rubble now occupies the site and no visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA042-127----) lay c. 100m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-128

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