Enclosure in Cluidrevagh, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a SW-facing slope in grassland. An almost circular earthwork (N-S 11.5m, E-W 10.5m), in a fair condition, comprising a bank of earth and stone (H 1.4m ext.) which encloses a hollow interior. The bank is overlain by a field wall from NNE to SE. A gap at SE may be modern. There are possible indications of internal revetment at W. A large quantity of stone is visible in W half of the interior. Possibly a house or a barrow. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA056-062

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