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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcloony (dunmore By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a ridge summit in grassland. Poorly preserved D-shaped rath (E-W 30m, N-S25.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present from NE through S to SWand is overlain by a field bank from NE to SE. Theouter bank survives from SE to WSW and from W toNE. Local tradition of a CBG (GA016-059001-) within the interior. 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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