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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghaun (addergoole Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise in grassland. Known locally as 'Cuniffe's Fort' (Neary 1914, 121, no. 79), this very poorly preserved originally oval rath (N-S 26m) is defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank survives at W, and a scarp forms the enclosing element from E through S to WSW. The fosse is visible from SSE through S to W. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives elsewhere. 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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