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Enclosure in Knocknaboley

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On W end of a glacial ridge in grassland. A very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (N-S 40m, E-W 33.8m) cut by a road from NNW to SSE. To E of road the bank is extant; on W side a scarp delimits the monument. An irregular mound and two depressions lie within E half of the interior. 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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