What is recorded here
Caherglassaun Louch still reflects sky though the enclosure has vanished, leaving only memory and a distant tower house to mark the lost boundary.
In grassland overlooking Caherglassaun Lough to the S. Marked on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 27m E-W). No visible surface trace survives. A tower house (GA122-029----) lies c. 90m to the NE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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