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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballybaun (abbey West Ed)

Fairy fort / ringfort
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On a rise in grassland. Circular cashel (D 33m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall. A field wall cuts the monument at SSE and SSW and no visible surface trace survives to S of it. A gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE may be original. In N sector of interior is a grassed-over stone structure (E-W; L 6m, Wth 2m), possibly a house. 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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