Earthwork in Flaskagh More, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On N-facing slope of a ridge in hilly grassland. A low subrectangular mound of earth and stone (N-S 16m, E-W 12m max.) mantled with trees on W and NW sides. It is delimited by three large boulders along its S side. Possibly a relatively modern field-clearance cairn. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-062

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