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In grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as a subcircular enclosure. All that survives is a very poorly preserved subcircular area (E-W c. 65m, N-S c. 55m) defined by a degraded scarp. A ringfort (GA087-209----) lies c. 100m to SSE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-208

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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