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Close to SW shore of Loch na Scainimhe. A small circular cashel (NW-SE 18.7m; NE-SW 12.8m) known locally as Oileán an Bhalla (Robinson 1985, 14-15). Defined by a much-collapsed drystone wall (Wth 1.6-2.8m, H 3m), best preserved from E to SSW. At N is a small quay. (Layard 1897, 374; Killanin 1954, 103)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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