Mote, mound in County Galway (GA017-122----)

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What is recorded here

On a prominent hillock in rolling pastureland. Well-preserved circular conical earthen mound (D 11m, H 1.6m) with some stone in evidence. It is delimited from SW to W by a fosse (Wth 1.2m) but elsewhere by a berm or terrace. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-122

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