What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Gortnahorna (clanricarde), County Galway, Ireland. In undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 46m, E-W 39m) defined by a bank and external fosse. From NE through E to SSE a scarp forms the enclosing element. Field boundaries disturb the enclosing elements at E and S, and there is a quarry at SW. A ringfort (GA087-105----) lies c. 230m to E.

In undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 46m, E-W 39m) defined by a bank and external fosse. From NE through E to SSE a scarp forms the enclosing element. Field boundaries disturb the enclosing elements at E and S, and there is a quarry at SW. A ringfort (GA087-105----) lies c. 230m to E. 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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