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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaloura East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise in hilly grassland. Well- preserved subcircular ringfort (E-W 36.5m, N-S 34m) defined by two stone-lined earthen banks and an intervening fosse. Well-defined entrance at SE. Within the interior is an oval-shaped hollow (L 7m), long axis running NW-SE, the remains of a possible souterrain. Immediately to SE are the grassed-over foundation lines of a square stone structure (L/Wth 4m), possibly a house. A field wall cuts the monument at NE and SSE. Two ringforts (GA030-080----, GA030-081----) lie c. 100m and c. 200m to W respectively. 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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