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Enclosing a hill summit in undulating pastureland. A circular enclosure (D c. 160m) defined by a scarp, an intervening fosse/berm, an outer bank and outer fosse. The inner scarp falls directly into the fosse from SE to S but there is a berm (Wth c. 3m) outside it at NW and N: the fosse itself is evident from SE to S…

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Enclosing a hill summit in undulating pastureland. A circular enclosure (D c. 160m) defined by a scarp, an intervening fosse/berm, an outer bank and outer fosse. The inner scarp falls directly into the fosse from SE to S but there is a berm (Wth c. 3m) outside it at NW and N: the fosse itself is evident from SE to S only. The outer rampart comprises a collapsed stony bank overlain by a field wall; the shallow outer fosse contains much stone. A gap (Wth 3m) in the outer rampart at SE, and corresponding causeways (Wth c. 6m) across both fosses, may represent the original entrance. The interior consists of heavily griked limestone pavement partly covered by dense hazel scrub, particularly in E section. A house (GA071-046001-) lies c. 10m outside the enclosure at NE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA071-046

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Julie Anne Workman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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