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Enclosure in Pollacorragune

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On a N-facing slope in pastureland overlooking bogland to N. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a subrectangular enclosure (NW-SE c. 60m, E-W c. 45m). The curving arc of an earthen bank is present from NE to S, and is overlain at S by a field wall. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A curving field bank, to W, may run just outside W limits of the monument. There is a CBG (GA029-147001-) in NW quadrant of the interior. 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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