What is recorded here
In undulating pastureland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as an oval enclosure (NE-SW c. 80m, NW-SE c. 40m), the N half of which is cut across by a field boundary running NW-NE. All that survives is the area to S of this boundary which is enclosed by a very degraded earthen bank (H 0.7m max.). II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-185
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Chmee2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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