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Enclosure in Cloonpee

Enclosure

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On a slight S-facing rise to N of the Clonbrock River. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA060-057

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