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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pollynoon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort in Pollynoon, County Galway: a subcircular ringfort about thirty metres north-south on a ridge summit, overlooking bog to the northeast and south. Its stone-faced bank survives from north-northwest through east to south; a field bank cuts the western limit, and the rest has vanished into grass and memory. The place still performs its old function, holding a shape on the horizon while refusing to explain itself.
On a ridge summit in grassland overlooking bog to NE and S. Very poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S c. 30m) defined by a stone-faced bank from NNW through E to S. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A field bank cuts its former limits at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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