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Enclosure in Ballaghymurry

Enclosure

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In rolling grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 40m by c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA002-002

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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