Enclosure in Kilgarve, County Galway

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In undulating farmland on E outskirts of Ballinasloe town. A subcircular enclosure (ENE-WSW 80.5m, SSE-NNW 78.3m), in fair condition, defined by a degraded earthen bank/scarp and a wide external fosse. The bank is visible from WNW through N to ESE. From ESE to S a straight field boundary appears to be built on the line of its inner face. A quarry pit has been dug at SSW, outside of which is a cattle shed. A scarp forms the enclosing element from SSW to WNW. The fosse survives from NNW through N to ESE. A number of breaches occur in the bank but that at NNE (Wth 7m), with a corresponding causeway across the fosse, possibly indicates the original entrance. Some outcropping rock is visible in the interior. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA088-017

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