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In a prominent position, close to E end of a ridge, on Inis Mór. This Nat. Mon., known locally as Dún Eochla, is a restored bivallate cashel, defined by an inner oval drystone rampart (N-S 27.3m, E-W 22.7m) and an outer subrectangular one (N-S 76.1m, E-W 50.4m). The inner rampart has two internal terraces with interconnecting steps, and an entrance at NE. The interior contained two houses (GA110-138001- and GA110-138002-) of which no visible surface trace survives; a circular clearance cairn now stands in the centre. The outer rampart, also partly terraced, has an entrance at SSE. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 230-40; Weir 1980, 260; Westropp 1895, 260)
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
The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
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