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Enclosure in Carrowgallda, County Mayo (MA071-013----)

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What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
Official monument number
MA071-013----
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What is recorded here

In pasture, in the SE corner of a rectangular modern field, located on a roughly E–W rise with good views in all directions. The Gweestion River is 350m to NE. A circular enclosure (diam. 20-25m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map. There are no visible remains. There is a disused sandpit (diam. c. 10m) on the rise and an E−W field fence crosses the S edge of the rise. There are raths (MA071-012----; MA071-014----; MA071-015----) 180m to N, 190m to NE and 130m to SE, respectively.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA071-013

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