Enclosure in Carheens

In level scrubland near the base of Knockmaa. A poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 70m, N-S 36m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 2.2-3m) from SW through N to SE: no trace survives elsewhere. The interior is subdivided by an number of internal walls, and particularly by a curving wall to E of centre. A rectilinear annexe (NE-SW 19m, N-S 5m) abuts the monument at SE and low walls radiate from it at WNW and N. A number of houses (GA042-076004-) are associated and a CBG (GA042-076----) lies 9m to E. Possibly of post-medieval date. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010