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Raheennagower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Raheennagower
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On a W-facing slope overlooking Galway Bay, now within a modern housing estate. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) named 'Raheennagower'. Holt (1911-12, 228) recorded that 'not even its plan is now traceable.' No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 July 2019
Raheennagower, Garraun Lower is a likely early-medieval ringfort, situated on a west-facing slope overlooking Galway Bay. It is associated with local folklore referring to "fairy forts," reflecting the site's traditional Irish cultural significance.

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