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Some 60m N of Dún Chonchúir (GA119-054----) immediately S of the road. An irregularly shaped grassy mound of earth and stone (L 13.8m, Wth 6m) noted by Waddell (pers. comm.). This could be the remains of the clochan recorded in OS Letters as 'fifty paces' to N of this fort and described as 'measuring 27 feet [8.25m] in length and 13 [3.95m] in breadth' (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 261). (Westropp 1895, 269)
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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