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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinville West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a NW-facing slope in pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 144, no. 15) as a circular ‘Earthen fort’ (diam. c. 45.7m) defined by a bank with an entrance gap at W. Athy (1914, 138) refers of a fosse and outer bank which ‘have disappeared’. The rath has been levelled and no visible surface trace survives, however, its outline is clearly visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 April 2018

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