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Indicated — Ballybaun (dunkellin By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Indicated — Ballybaun (dunkellin By.)
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On a slight rise in pastureland. Poorly preserved and densely overgrown circular cashel (diam. 47.2m) defined by a drystone wall. Field-clearance rubble has been piled against the external wall-face at S. There is a souterrain (GA104-014003-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. A field system (GA104-014002-) lay immediately to the N; another possible rath (GA104-280----) lies c. 20m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 6 September 2019

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