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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kinvarra (kiltartan By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a slight rise in an area of reclaimed grassland and outcropping rock. This poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 20m) is defined by a much-collapsed double-faced drystone wall (Wth 1.8m; max. H 1m) constructed of large upright boulders and a rubble core. No trace of it survives from from N to E. A possible house site (GA113-1370012-) is visible in the S half of the interior, which is raised and strewn with stones. Current aerial imagery (Google Earth 25 May 2021) indicates that a possible annexe or field extends off the cashel to the NW. An wall within this may be an internal division. Field-clearance material has been piled immediately outside the S sector of the cashel wall. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 23 June 2023

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