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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Parkaloughan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise in undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m). A roughly N-S running field boundary cut across it from NW to SW. No visible surface trace survives. A children's burial ground (GA104-217----) occupies the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 July 2019

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