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Enclosure in Eighterard

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What is recorded here

In gently undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular area (NNW-SSE 39m) defined by a scarp from E through S to W; no surface traces survive elsewhere. (Killanin 1947, 125) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA054-027

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Malcolm Neal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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