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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lettergesh East

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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On the summit of a rocky knoll. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 25m) defined by traces of a drystone wall, best preserved from W to N: its inner face is defined by a modern wall. A rectangular house (L 8m, Wth 5m) abuts wall at N. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA010-021

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Pictures: Espresso Addict, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Britishfinance, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Kahuroa, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Textman at Dutch Wikipedia ( Original text: Textman ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5; dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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