Ecclesiastical enclosure in Killure Beg, County Galway

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In low-lying pastureland. This possible ecclesiastical enclosure is clearly visible on aerial photographs (see https://binged.it/2gnEqYe last accessed 30 August 2017). It is roughly subcircular in plan (c. 99m NNE-SSW; c. 92m E-W) and a N-S running field boundary cuts through its E limits. When the associated church (GA074-069001-) and children's burial ground (GA074-069002-) within its interior were inspected in March 1985, only tentatives traces of it were noted. A very poorly preserved earthen bank was noted c. 46m to the N of the church. It was very degraded and reached a maximum height of 0.2m. It was not possible to determine its width as its limits were impossible to determine accurately from the ground. On the aerial photograph the entire outline of the enclosure is visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA074-069003

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