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On the highest point of a low esker, c. 125m W of an earthwork (GA059-030----). A prominent circular gorse-covered hillock (D c. 100m) has been quarried away at SE and a silage pit is built into the quarried area. According to local information, a great deal of human skulls and bones were uncovered during this work.
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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