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Enclosure in Knockereen

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120m SSE of a ringfort (GA056-102----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (N-S c. 35m, E-W c. 25m) cut by a field wall at N and S; a laneway is shown here on 3rd ed. (1920). That section of the monument to E of the laneway is no longer visible and is used as a vegetable garden, while a pronounced scarp indicates the outline of the enclosure to W. 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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