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In gently rolling pastureland. Referred to by Knox (1918, 104, no. 19) as ‘the Cashel of Raheen’; traces of its 'stout curved ramparts' survived at N but it was to 'a great extent a reconstruction'. It consists of a roughly triangular area defined from NW to NNE by an arc of substantial but collapsed drystone walls. Its other sides are straight and are defined respectively by a roadway and a natural scarp. Cody (1989, 300-2, no. 124) noted that the interior was marshy and doubted its antiquity, suggesting that it may have been a landscape feature at the entrance to the avenue leading to Raheen House (pers. comm. 1987). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 August 2019

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Enclosure — large enclosure in Raheen (athenry By.)

What is recorded here