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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Traskernagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle rise in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved overgrown circular rath (diam. c. 26m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (base Wth 5m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) and fosse (Wth 1.4m) are visible all round. The outer bank is overlain by a field boundary and no visible surface trace survives in the N sector. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 April 2018

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