What is recorded here
On level recently reclaimed pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a slightly oval enclosure (c. 40m by c. 35m) but evidently gone by time of 3rd ed. (1933). No visible surface trace survives. According to local information, it was known locally as a 'cashel' and apparently contained a limekiln. II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA057-071
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
_(geograph_1953877).jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht-_Corrofin,_Galway_(2)_(geograph_1953877).jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
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