Enclosure in Mountkelly, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In pastureland overlooking a turlough to S. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) as an oval enclosure (NW-SE c. 45m, NE-SW c. 35m) partially planted with trees and with a large opening at N. The monument has been levelled and only the faint outline of a fosse (Wth 1.5m) is visible at E and S. (Knight c. 1975, 112) 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 GA018-052

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