What is recorded here
Some 100m SW of a mortuary chapel (GA060-176----). A fairly well-preserved almost square enclosure (E-W 35m, N-S 33m) defined by an inner bank, intervening fosse and outer bank. The outer bank only survives along E side. Abutting the monument to W is a low rectangular platform (N-S 33m, E-W 18m) defined by a scarp. Possibly a moated site. II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA060-177
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
- Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Willthacheerleader18, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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