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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballylin West

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a prominent rise in gently undulating pastureland. When visited in 1992 this poorly preserved circular ringfort (diam. 35m) was defined by a very low denuded bank from NE to S to NNW. From NNW to NE a drystone-walled vegetable garden had encroached upon the N sector of the interior. During a revisit in 2001 a small area denuded of sod cover in the W sector suggested that the enclosing element was made up of rock and stone, indicating that this may be the remains of a grassed-over cashel. There is a souterrain (GA104-042----) c. 25m to the NE. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 93) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017

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