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Indicated — Ballycasey

Enclosure

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

In low-lying grassland. Subcircular enclosure (NE-SW 37m) defined by an earthen bank overlain by a field wall from SE to SW. A scarp forms the enclosing element at SW and from NE to SE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A field wall cuts the monument at NE and SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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