What is recorded here
On a natural rise overlooking Loch Bó Finne to NE and sea to N. Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (L 20m, Wth 18m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. A field wall cuts across S part of the enclosure. At E end of the interior is a roughly square raised area (L/Wth 5m, H 1m) held by local tradition to be the site of St Scáithin's oratory (GA009D025003-). A CBG (GA009D025001-) also occupies the interior and there is a holy well (GA009D034----) c. 150m to SW. I - West Galway'.
On a natural rise overlooking Loch Bó Finne to NE and sea to N. Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (L 20m, Wth 18m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. A field wall cuts across S part of the enclosure. At E end of the interior is a roughly square raised area (L/Wth 5m, H 1m) held by local tradition to be the site of St Scáithin's oratory (GA009D025003-). A CBG (GA009D025001-) also occupies the interior…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA009D025002
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- What survives
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