What is recorded here
In low-lying marshland. This subrectangular enclosure (24m NNW-SSE; 18m ENE-WSW) is defined by a low irregular bank of earth and an external fosse. Its date and purpose are unclear. It may be a designed landscape feature. (McCaffrey 1952, 242, no. 146a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 April 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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