Rabbit Burrow, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

At N end of a ridge in gently undulating grassland. Circular ringfort (D 33.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and intervening fosse, with traces of an outer bank visible from N to ENE. Entrance causeway at ESE. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements at SE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA100-031

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