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Enclosure in Sheeauns, County Galway (GA022-061----)

Enclosure

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GA022-061----
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On the summit of a steep-sided hill overlooking Cleggan Bay to W. Poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 20.5m, N-S 13.5m), the enclosing wall of which is overlain in all portions by a modern field wall. Kinahan (1871, 351) suggested that it was 'probably a Caher' but the discovery of a pair of saddle querns at the monument may indicate a prehistoric date (Molloy and O'Connell 1987, 205). I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA022-061

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  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
  • Keith Salvesen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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