Earthwork in Carrowntomush, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a hillock in farmland, 100m N of the Sinking River. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a linear scarp (L c. 40m) running NE-SW. No visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA016-014

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