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Tobermacduagh

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On the S face of a hill in low-lying pastureland. Named ‘Tobermacduagh’ on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the 6-inch OS maps. This natural spring well is defined on the downslope side by a collapsed drystone wall. There is a pond immediately to its S and an ‘Altar’ (GA125-126001-) lies c. 3m to the N. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 517) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA125-126002

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