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In undulating grassland. Roughly rectangular area c. 200m E-W by 150m N-S comprising a series of grass-covered banks and hollows. According to local tradition, it is the site of a pre-famine village. An enclosure (GA087-119----) lies c. 200m to NW. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-122

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