What is recorded here
On E slopes of Knockacarrigeen in farmland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m). No visible surface trace survives. Another enclosure (GA043-107----) lies 25m to NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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