Enclosure in Castle Ellen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In undulating pastureland. Marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1933) as a subcircular enclosure (c. 24m E-W; c. 20m N-S). No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA084-054

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