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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunblaney

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a N-facing slope in otherwise level grassland. Subcircular ringfort (E-W 34.5m, N-S 30.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is breached by numerous gaps from S to W, and traces of inner stone-facing survive at N. The outer bank is overlain by a field wall from NE to SE and at W. Well-defined entrance at NE. (Neary 1914, 115, no. 104) 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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