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Indicated — Ballygarraun North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated — Ballygarraun North
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Some 50m to the SW of a rath (GA084-011----). This circular rath (diam. c. 37m), in fair condition, is defined by an earthen bank planted with a number of trees. A gap (Wth 3m) at SE may be original. (Knox 1918, 106-8, no. 7; Cody 1989). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 February 2019
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