Cave in Knockdoebeg West, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Associated with an enclosure (GA070-079----). The 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1934) shows two small open dots in W and NW sectors of the hachured enclosure. The site is now overgrown with nettles and strewn with rubbish, and all that is visible are a number of large limestone blocks. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA070-079001

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