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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cartron (loughrea By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a rise in pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 224, no. 55a) as a circular 'Stone fort' (diam. c. 39m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. There was a souterrain (GA104-100003-) within the interior and a rectangular house site (GA104-100004-) immediately outside it, to its E (ibid.). No visible surface traces survive. A round house (GA104-100001-) lay c. 60m to N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 April 2018

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