Barrow in Ironpool, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In gently undulating pastureland. A circular barrow (D 22.9m), in fair condition, consisting of a slightly raised central area (D c. 4m, H 0.2m) encircled by a bank. There are slight traces of a fosse, between the central area and the bank, and of an external fosse from NW through N to SE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA028-027

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