Enclosure, Ballyhanry, Co. Galway
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Enclosures
In the townland of Ballyhanry in County Galway, there survives an ancient enclosure, the kind of feature that dots the Irish landscape so frequently it can become almost invisible, yet each one represents a deliberate act of boundary-making by people who lived and worked within its limits.
Enclosures of this type are among the most common archaeological monuments in Ireland, ranging from early medieval ringforts, which served as defended farmsteads, to ceremonial or funerary sites of far greater antiquity. Without more detailed records currently available for this particular site, its precise character, date, and condition remain difficult to pin down with any confidence.
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Ballyhanry, Co. Galway
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