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Earthwork in Gortnaporia

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On level farmland within an area of scrub and rock outcrop. A low roughly oval mound (NW-SE 10m, NE-SW 7.9m, H 1.2m), in fair condition, composed of earth and stone. Traces of stone revetment are visible around its perimeter; best preserved from S to W. Within the mound is a souterrain (GA042-142001-), the present entrance to which is located within its limits at SE. A ringfort (GA042-143----) lies 110m to E. 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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