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Site of Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Site of Fort
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What is recorded here

On a hill summit in grassland overlooking bogland to NW. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W c. 50m) defined by a scarp and external fosse best preserved from SE through S to W. Roads cut the rath along N and E sides. A school is situated in the interior, adjacent to which is a Man-made underground passage (GA046-059001-). 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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