Enclosure in Cooloo, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed farmland. Poorly preserve circular enclosure (D c. 26m) defined by a low earthen bank at S and W; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A CBG (GA045-015001-) is visible in the interior. (Claffey 1983, 150-51) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA045-015

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