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Enclosure in Coolagh, County Galway (GA082-031----)

Enclosure

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
Official monument number
GA082-031----
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What is recorded here

Within an industrial quarry in an area of karstic terrain with rough scrub and grassland. Marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subcircular enclosure or field (c. 26m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW). It has been destroyed as a result of quarrying.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA082-031

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Photo credits
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, au.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Galway Advertiser; individual photographer not named, www.advertiser.ie
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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