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On a hill in gently rolling pastureland, 500m NW of Hillswood House. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives. On the hill to N, four limestone posts stand on top of a wall running E-W; known locally as 'The Spikes'. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA073-096

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