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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballintava,meenleana

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A scarp forms the inner enclosing element from NNW to E. The outer bank is revetted with large limestone boulders set on edge and the td. boundary overlies it from S to W. Well-defined entrance at E. (Neary 1914, 118, no. 39) 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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