What is recorded here
Fairy fort, Ballinlass, Ballymoe, County Galway, Ireland. Gently undulating grassland. Local tradition: fort and cave, possibly a man-made underground passage. Survival: sudden loop in a laneway, possibly tracing an enclosure curving southeast through south to southwest. Interior: vegetable garden.
In gently undulating grassland. According to local tradition, there was a 'fort' and 'cave' (possible Man-made underground passage) here. All that now survives is a sudden loop in the course of a laneway, possibly reflecting the line of an enclosure curving from SE through S to SW. The interior is now used as a vegetable garden.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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