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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knock (clare By.),hillsbrook Demesne

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On E-facing slope of Knock Hill. Circular rath (D 32m), in fair condition, defined by a low bank and external fosse, no visible surface trace of which survives from N to E. The fosse is present from SW through W to N. The td. boundary cuts the monument at ESE and SW. There is a CBG (GA044-071001-) within the interior. (Neary 1914, 123, no. 148) 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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