What is recorded here
In the centre of Tuam town (GA029-199----). According to Ó Murchú (1970, 7), 'the first settlers in Tuam made their dwelling or “dún” where the Assembly Hall of the Presentation Sisters' Primary School now stands'. No visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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