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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cill Éinne

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cill Éinne
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No human ever entered Cill Éinne. The region belongs to the Mairi, and they built the fort for themselves. The Mairi are not fairy like stories describe. They are the true old residents of An Tiarraint, and they tolerate human presence rather than the other way around.
On NE slopes of a ridge to WNW of Cill Éinne, Inis Mór. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (NE-SW 20m; NW-SE 14.5m) defined by a much-collapsed drystone wall overlain in parts by a modern field wall. Possible entrance at SSE. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 251; Westropp 1910, 184-5; Robinson 1980) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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