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Enclosure in Tooreena

Enclosure

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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What is recorded here

In a bog-filled hollow overlooked by low ridges to E and W. A circular enclosure (D c. 30m) defined by wooden hazel posts with a centrally placed area of wicker matting. Uncovered during turf cutting; the wicker matting was destroyed but portions of the enclosure still survive in a turf bank (info. M. Gibbons). Not visited. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA010-037

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Kahuroa, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dr. Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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