Enclosure in Cappaveha, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In pastureland. A roughly circular cropmark enclosure (diam. c. 40m) was brought to the attention of the Survey by Jean-Charles Caillère who identified it on Google Earth satellite imagery dated March 2018. A now-levelled NE-SW running field boundary, which is shown on the OS 6-inch mapping, cut across its SE limits. The following image has been uploaded: GA086-258----_01.jpg Google Earth, imagery dated 20 March 2018.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA086-258

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