What is recorded here
In low-lying level farmland. A subcircular barrow (N-S 22.5m) cut by a field wall running N-S: no visible surface trace survives to E of this wall. It consists of a low central mound (N-S 7m) encircled by a fosse and earthen bank.
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 subcircular Bronze Age barrow, possibly a ring barrow, with a central mound and surrounding fosse; its partial survival indicates a ritual or funerary function typical of the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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