What is recorded here
On roadside at S end of Gortaghokera house cluster. This well, correctly Tobar Mac Duach, consists of a deep natural spring delimited by drystone walling and accessible via 24 steps, which is contained within a small triangular-shaped enclosure (1.5m by 1.2m) with an entrance at NW. I - West Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA068-018
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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post box1.1 miGurlaun IslandIslet · 1.7 miIllaunnashinnaghIslet · 1.9 mi
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