What is recorded here
Some 250m SE of an extensive field system (GA057-067002-). Circular ringfort (D 53.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a stone-lined entrance at SSE. Within the interior is a Man-made underground passage (GA057-068001-). (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 162)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA057-068
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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