Caltragh, enclosure in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In flat pastureland c. 40m N of a stream. Named 'Caltragh' on the OS 6-inch maps, this monument consists of a D-shaped enclosure (N-S 63m, E-W 61m) defined by a bank, and a shallow external fosse which survives from NE through E to SE. A shallow depression is evident inside the bank from SW through W to NW. The placename 'Caltragh' may be derived from the Irish 'Cealtrach', an old burial ground (Joyce 1923, 98). However, the interior is grass-covered, level and featureless. II - North Galway'. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 20 April 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA074-079

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