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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aille (dunmore By.),carrowrevagh Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise in undulating grassland overlooking bogland to SW. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 51.5m, E-W 50.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Numerous breaches in the banks appear modern. A field wall overlies the outer bank from SW to NE. A CBG (GA017-149----) is visible c. 300m to N. 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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