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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballytrasna

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Some 40m N of a ringfort (GA029-024----). Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 49m, N-S 46m) defined by a bank best preserved at NW. The fosse survives from NW to N. A ringfort (GA029-025----) lies c. 270m to NW. 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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