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Enclosure in Bekan

Enclosure

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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What is recorded here

In pasture, located to W of a graveyard (MA092-078002-) and N of a mound (MA092-079----). Listed in the RMP (1997) as an enclosure based on a small circular cropmark visible in an aerial photograph (GSI M 95 -6; Roll 213, pr. 33, SMR file). There is no visible trace at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA092-095

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Connacht GAA; photographer not stated, connachtgaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Yosemite, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
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