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Knockaboy — Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Knockaboy — Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.)
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On a gentle rise in farmland. Poorly preserved oval rath (42m NNW-SSE) defined by a bank of earth and stone from SSW through N to E. No visible surface trace survives from E to SSW. (McCaffrey 1952, 184, no. 84) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

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