What is recorded here

On the crest of a slight ridge some 60m SW of another barrow (GA042-216----). A poorly preserved low circular platform (D 21m, H 1m max.) encircled by a fosse and external bank, traces of which survive only at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a circular platform surrounded by a fosse and external bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks associated with burial practices in Ireland during the Bronze Age.

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