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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonmain

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a hummock in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (max. dims. 60m N-S; 48.7m E-W) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives from SSW to WSW; elsewhere an irregular scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse is extant from NNE through S to WNW, and from S to WSW it is overlain by a trackway. The outer bank is visible from WSW to WNW. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at N. A barrow (GA098-078002-) lies immediately the SSW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

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