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Indicated — Rinville West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Rinville West
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On a gentle S-facing slope in grassland. Described by Athy (1914, 139) as a small wooded enclosure that may have been a rath or 'merely a plantation protected by a bank'. McCaffrey (1952, 124, no. 28) classified it as an ‘Earthen fort’ (diam. c. 28m) defined by a bank and fosse. The remains of a stone revetment were visible on the inner face of the bank. The monument has been levelled and no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 April 2018

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