What is recorded here
On W-facing slope of an esker in undulating grassland. A poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 30m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. Gap (Wth 3m) at SE could be original. A CBG (GA099-010----) lies c.40m to SE, and an enclosure (GA099-008----) c. 100m to NE. II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA099-009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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