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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Marshallspark,treanlaur

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating pastureland. This circular rath (int. diam. c. 30.5m), in fair condition, is defined by three banks and two intervening fosses. The inner bank and inner fosse are visible all round. The middle bank and outer fosse survive from E through S to NNW. A field wall cuts through them at NNW and E and no visible surface trace of them survives to its NE. The outer bank is visible only at WSW. Holt (1912, 224-5) noted that when an attempt was made to plant the interior, flagstones were encountered which he presumed were the roof of a souterrain. The SW half of the rath was overgrown with brambles and bushes. (McCaffrey 1952, 146-7, no. 16) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1985). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 16 February 2018

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