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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballynaclogh

Fairy fort / ringfort
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On a gentle E-facing slope in grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 34.8m, N-S 32.7m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from SSW through N to ENE. The bank is breached in a number of places and quarrying has encroached upon the monument at SSE and SW. Just inside the bank, in SW quadrant of the interior, is a rectangular nettle-filled hollow (L 7.8m, Wth 5.5m) up to 1.2m in depth; a possible souterrain 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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