What is recorded here
Some 20m to the W of a rath (GA106-010----). Indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a limekiln; on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) a hachured oval enclosure (c. 17 NE-SW; c. 10m ENE-WSW) defined by a bank and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' is shown. On the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map it is also depicted as an oval enclosure. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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