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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballagh East (dunmore By.)

Fairy fort / ringfort
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What is recorded here

On a gentle rise in bogland. Described by Neary (1914, 113, no. 122) as a 'circular, earthen fort [of which] only a mound remains'. No visible surface trace survives. A possible CBG (GA017-014001-) is associated. 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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