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Enclosure in Gortfadda

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On W edge of a low ridge in undulating grassland. A poorly preserved enclosure (NNW-SSE 60m, WSW-ENE 26.7m) defined by a scarp curving from SSE to WNW, and by a bank from WNW to NNW. A field bank cuts the monument at NNW and SSE and no visible surface trace survives to NE of it. Possible entrance at WNW. Within the interior is a low enigmatic oval mound (N-S 3.7m, E-W 2.6m). At S and SSW, two earthen banks radiate from the monument. 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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