Enclosure in Doocreggaun, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In gently undulating grassland. A poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 32m) defined by a bank from SE through W to NE. A field boundary delimits the monument from NE to SE. Quarrying has disturbed the bank at W. 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 GA087-063

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