Enclosure in Carheen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a rise in grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 220, no. 79) as a circular ‘Enclosure’ (diam. c. 22m) defined by a ‘one face or ring of rough boulders’. No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-085

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