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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathglass West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, located on top of an E–W ridge, with good views in all directions. This enclosure is shown as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, but the outline of a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 20m) can still be discerned. There is a holy well (MA030-092001-) 160m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA030-005

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.mirror.co.uk
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Connaught Telegraph; photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • Killala GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
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