Fairy fort or ringfort in Knocknagappagh, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NNW-SSE 33.8m, ENE-WSW 27m) defined by a bank from ENE to SSE, and elsewhere by a scarp. At WSW and ENE a field boundary cuts the monument. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA086-186

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