What is recorded here
On a S-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) defined by an earthen bank from NE through S to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field boundary cuts the monument at NE and NW; a wide gap (Wth 6.2m) is evident at SSE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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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