Enclosure in Coololla, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In level grassland on N outskirts of Aughrim village. A poorly preserved roughly subcircular enclosure (E-W 37m, N-S 26m) defined by a bank from NW through E to SW. From SW to NW, the bank has been levelled and a band of nettle and thistles indicates its line. A moss-covered irregular mound (H < 0.2m) is evident in SW quadrant of the interior. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-054

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