What is recorded here
Checker Hill rises to approximately 450 metres and is part of the low-lying uplands characteristic of west Galway. The name may derive from a historical land division pattern or a local legend involving a checkerboard-like landscape feature; its significance lies in its role as a minor landmark in the region's rural topography.
Places near here
water pumpwater pump · 756 yd
LissabrollaunFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 840 yd
Catholic Church of Christ the Kingchurch/chapel · 866 yd
Enclosure in KiltivnaEnclosure · 1155 yd
Castle in ruinsCastle, unclassified · 1.4 mi
Slieve DartMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Dunmore CastleCastle · 3.6 mi
Site of Killomaine Grave YardArchaeological place · 9.4 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 12 mi
LisowenmacloughlinArchaeological place · 1266 yd
Ballaghdorragha RathFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1300 yd
Enclosure in LissyconorEnclosure · 1676 yd