House in Kilskeagh, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a NE-facing slope, c. 10m NE of a hilltop enclosure (GA071-046----). A well-built rectangular drystone two-roomed house (NE-SW; L 11.3m, Wth 5m), best preserved along SE and SW sides (H 1.8m); elsewhere the walls have collapsed. Adjoining it to SE is a hollow area (L c. 11m, Wth c. 5m) defined by collapsed walls along E and S sides. The interior is choked with collapse. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA071-046001

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