What is recorded here
On Kingstown Hill overlooking Clifden Bay to S. Petrie (1972, 253) refers to 'the ruins of three of those buildings [i.e. 'round houses of stone'] ... on the summit of the hill of Kingston over Bel-lice'. No visible surface trace survives.
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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