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Indicated — Ballyglass East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Ballyglass East
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In level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 212, no. 142a) as an ‘Earthen fort’ (c. 29.3m E-W; c. 25m N-S) and described as being ‘extremely ruinous’ as a field fence had been built on top of the bank. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

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