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Enclosure in Tullira

Enclosure
Enclosure in Tullira
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Enclosure in Tullira is a vanished rectangular earthen fort in County Galway, measured at roughly seventy-three metres east-west and fifty-one metres north-south. It hid a central depression that may have been an underground passage, while its outer ditch faded until only the west and north edges remained visible. The pastureland has swallowed the bank, the ditch and the passage, leaving behind a flat green field where a fortified place once stood.
In rough pastureland. Described by McCaffrey (1952, 288, no. 54) as a rectangular 'Earthen fort' (c. 73.2m E-W; c. 51.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and an external fosse. Traces of the latter were visible only on the W and N sides. There was a 'depression' (possible Man-made underground passage - GA114-167001-) in the centre of the interior. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

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