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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tobernaclug

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 43m, N-S 38.5m) cut by a modern stone wall at NW and NE: no visible surface trace survives to S of this wall. It is defined by three banks and two intervening fosses, the remains of which are well defined from NW through N to NE. There is a souterrain (GA017-151001-) in the interior. (Neary 1914, 112, no. 45) 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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