Mound in Slievefin, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In undulating grassland immediately W of a modern house. A well-preserved circular mound of earth and stone (D 25.8m, max. H 2.4m at S). The centre is dished and there is an 'entrance-like' gap (Wth 1.5m) at E, giving the monument a barrow-like appearance. However, these features may in part be the result of quarrying. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA070-098

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