Enclosure in Gallgort, County Mayo

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What is recorded here

In pasture on E side of low ridge. 200m S of ringfort (MA100-046----). Shown on OS map (1931) as circular enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 37m). Levelled; no visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 0.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA100-047

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