Rathknock, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a gentle rise in undulating pastureland. Very well-preserved circular rath (diam. 57.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed gap at ENE. (Holt 1912, 232; Westropp 1919, 171-2; McCaffrey 1952, 181, no. 10) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-024

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