Enclosure in Knockaunbrack, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In a low-lying area close to the base of Checker Hill. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m); on a 3rd ed. (1930) only W half is indicated. All that is visible is a modern field wall curving from S through W to N (N-S 40m), beneath which possible traces of the original enclosure wall are visible. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-082

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