Hill Fort, enclosure in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a ridge in gently undulating grassland. Poorly preserved oval enclosure (N-S 75m, E-W 56m) defined by a degraded bank and external fosse from SW to N. Traces of an outer bank are suggested by a berm which is evident from NW to ENE. Quarrying has disturbed the interior and destroyed most of the internal face of the bank. This monument also extends on to OS sheet 74 (GA074-001----). II - North Galway'. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 25 October 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA061-002

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