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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carraghy

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In rocky grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). When visited in 1983, the arc of a bank was extant from N to E. The area has since been cleared and no visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA070-033----) lay c. 40m to N. 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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