What is recorded here
No fairy fort exists at Bullaun. The claim is false.
On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (D c. 45m) defined by a denuded bank from SW through N to ENE, and elsewhere by a scarp. A ringfort (GA057-052----) lies c. 300m to NE.
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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