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Fairy fort / ringfort in Castlegar West

Fairy fort / ringfort
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In deciduous woodland. Poorly preserved oval rath (E-W c. 50m, N-S c. 40m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Due to quarrying the inner bank and fosse do not survive at NW, and from NE through E to SE. The outer bank survives from NW through N to NE; no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. An enclosure (GA074-022----) lies c.50mtoW. 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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