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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moyleen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Thirty-six metres of broken earth circle the wet grass of Moyleen, a shallow ring where forgotten footsteps still echo. People called it a fairy fort because the gaps in its bank admit more shadow than light, yet a hidden stone passage cuts through the western soil like a buried breath. What hand dug that chamber, and for whom, has never been recorded. The field gives no answer, only a shape wide enough to walk around and a hole deep enough to disappear into.
In low-lying pastureland. Poorly preserved roughly circular rath (diam. c. 36m) defined by a low bank which is breached by numerous gaps. No trace of a fosse is evident. A Man-made underground passage (GA106-135001-) lies in the W sector of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

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