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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Taylorstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Some 100m SE of a ringfort (GA099-189----). Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (NW-SE 32m, N-S 28.2m) defined by a bank of earth and stone, best preserved at N. A small farmhouse is built on the line of the bank at S, while a field boundary overlies the monument from NE through E to S. A ringfort (GA099-191----) lies c. 150m to SSE. 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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