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On the crest of Peak Hill. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (E-W c. 45m, N-S c. 30m). Neary (1914, 117, no. 34) classified it as a 'circular earthen fort'; known as 'Peake or Cruacamoohallee Fort'. No visible surface trace survives, apart from a vegetation band and some angular stones.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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