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Aughrim Ringforts
53.2937° N, -8.3145° E
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Aughrim Ringforts are a pair of ringforts forming a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Ringfort construction
6th–12th century
Battle of Aughrim (artillery emplacement and death of St. Ruth)
1691
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