Enclosure in Brierfield, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a rise in otherwise level grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 60m) but on 3rd ed. (1931) as a D-shaped enclosure (c. 75m by c. 55m). No visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA045-002

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