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Enclosure in Carrowgallda, County Mayo (MA071-186----)

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MA071-186----
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In a thicket of overgrowth in the SW corner of a modern rectangular pasture field, straddling a rise. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. According to local information, it was known locally as a 'fort'. It consisted of a raised area bisected by a N–S field fence, which is extant. The portion of the enclosure that lay to the W of the fence was entirely dug away to the level of the surrounding field. Quarrying also took place to E of the fence where a roughly D-shaped pit (10m E–W; c. 8m N–S; D c. 1m) is still evident beneath the overgrowth. A possible rath (MA071-009----), also levelled, is 60m to SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA071-186

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  • Annette Clarke / Moy Davitts GAA, as credited by Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
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