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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Townparks (1st Division - Tuam)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a SW-facing slope in grassland, near NW limits of Tuam town (GA029-199----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as W half of a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 30m) cut by a field boundary at N and S. No visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA029-171----) lay 150m to E. 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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