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Cloonlusk Fort

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Cloonlusk Fort
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Cloonlusk Fort is a large early medieval ringfort in County Galway, measuring 76.5 metres across and still visible within working farmland. Its earthen bank and outer ditch mark a boundary that may have belonged to a family of local standing, while an underground stone chamber inside may have stored food or given shelter when storms or danger closed in. Farm machinery now passes through gaps cut in the ancient bank, continuing a long human rhythm of living beside, using and remembering the shape of the place.
Cloonlusk Fort is recorded as a archaeological place in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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