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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinderreen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an almost circular enclosure (diam. c. 37m); by the time of the of 3rd edition (1933) it had been partially levelled and only the E half of the monument is indicated. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 177, no. 107) as a circular ‘Earthen fort ’ of which only a portion of the bank (L c. 40m) survived. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 February 2019

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