What is recorded here
In blanket bog c. 200m W of Abhainn Both Loischte. A layer of brushwood was uncovered during turf-cutting in the mid-1980s. It was comprised of birch and hazel branches lying c. 1m below the bog surface. A number of pointed stakes were also recovered but no details of orientation or dimensions could be recorded. (Gosling 1988)
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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