What is recorded here
On a slight slope in rough scrub and pastureland to N of Drimneen River. Marked on 2nd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1899) as a small circular enclosure (D c. 15m). No visible surface trace survives. According to local information, it was a mass of overgrowth defined by a low stone wall before its removal in late 1970s. The hachured linear scarp shown on OS 6-inch map, immediately to SE, is a natural feature. I - West Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA067-004
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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IndicatedEnclosure · 659 yd
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Court tomb in CarrownakibCourt tomb · 5.9 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0; Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; andrew mcmillan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0; Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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