Enclosure in Croaghill, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On the summit of a ridge in undulating grassland. The poorly preserved remains of an enclosure (N-S c. 51m) which is cut from N to S by the Ballymoe-Ballinlough road. To W of the road, the arc of a bank survives from SW to NW. No visible surface trace survives to E. Known locally as a 'fairy fort'. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA001-013

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