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On a rise in gently rolling farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 30m by c. 25m) but on 3rd ed. (1933) as a roughly circular hollow (D c. 30m). Described in 1963 as a 'small raised (sub-rectangular) garden plot' (Topgr. Files, OPW). No visible surface trace survives: a shallow hollow now marks the site. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA073-150

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  • Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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