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In undulating pastureland, c. 15m to the W of Clarin River. A roughly circular round-topped grassed-over earthen mound (diam. c. 18m; H 1.3m). A low bank and fosse cut across it from NNW to SSE and another bank runs ENE from the NE edge. A fulacht fia (GA096-064003-) is visible c. 65m to the SW. (Knox 1916, 5-6; Cody 1989, 293-4 no. 118) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 23 July 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA096-064

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