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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gardenfield

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Some 30m NW of a ringfort (GA029-079----). Well-preserved almost circular ringfort (N-S 38.9m, E-W 37.6m) defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. From NW to NNE a degraded scarp forms the inner enclosing element. The outer bank does not survive from NE to SE. Well-defined entrance at S. Within the interior is a probable souterrain (GA029-078001-). An enclosure (GA029-077----) lies c. 30m to NE. 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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