Platform in Prospect, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small circular earthwork (D c. 20m) surmounted by a trigonometrical station. Along with GA017-145----, it was described by Neary (1914, 116, no. 156) as 'circular, earthen raths … now mere mounds 6 ft. [1.82m] above roadway in Prospect demesne'. What is visible is a small circular platform (D 8.9m), in fair condition, defined by a scarp (H 1.2m max.). There is a small circular grassed-over heap of stone (D 1.2m, H 0.2m) in N half of the interior: possibly a house or a landscape feature. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-144

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