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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballagh East (clonmacnowen By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible castle, no church tower, no modern claim. Only a rounded earth ridge in open grass, large enough to walk around twice before returning to the beginning. That much of the place is still measurable: about thirty metres north to south, twenty-seven and a half east to west, with a possible gap toward the south-west. The missing part is not a small one. It is the life that formed the shape, left the ridge behind and stopped repeating its name in the area.
In level grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 27.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. Possible entrance at SSW. 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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