Enclosure in Fortbrown, County Galway

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On S-facing slope in poorly drained grassland. A poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 63m) defined by a scarp from SW to NW; an earthen field bank overlies the enclosing element from NW through N to SE, while a gravel pit has disturbed it at S. A band of marshy vegetation immediately outside the bank at N, and a stream, running N-S, also E side suggest the presence of an external fosse. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA031-037

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