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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Knockdoebeg West

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a N-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved oval cashel (E-W 51m, N-S 35m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall cuts the monument at NW and SE. Gaps at W and SSE appear modern. Abutting the monument at W is a poorly preserved rectangular house (E-W; L 8m, Wth 5m) defined by a grassed-over stone wall. Two structures of similar construction and dimensions lie c. 25m to W. A ringfort (GA070-105----) lies c. 230m to NNE. 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 The following image has been uploaded: GA070-104----_01.jpg

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