Enclosure in Newcastle (aughrim Par.)

On a gentle S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1948) as a large circular platform (D c. 70) with a spur-like feature, slightly hollow in the centre, shown projecting from it at S. What survives is a roughly oval enclosure (NNE-SSW 79.5m, WNW-ESE 59m) defined by a low degraded scarp. This is best defined from NW to N (H 0.8m) but is much degraded elsewhere, and completely quarried out from SSW to W. From SSE to SSW, the scarp veers off sharply to S, forming the spur-like projection mentioned above; this is up to 2m in height at one point. A mass rock lies c. 90m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010