Enclosure in Slievedarragh, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Circa 100m SSW of a ringfort (GA029-159----). Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 32.5m) defined by an earthen bank at N, and from SE to S. A scarp defined the monument from S to SW. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA029-160

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