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On a bog-covered terrace overlooking a small stream to N. Three discontinuous stretches of wall are visible in cutaway bog to W and S of an enclosure (GA022-030002-) and a stone pair (GA022-030003-). Built of slabs with occasional orthostats, the wall covers an area c. 300m N-S by 500m E-W. Their exact relationship to enclosure or stone pair is unknown. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA022-030001

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