
What is recorded here
On a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking bogland to S and SW. Well-preserved subcircular cashel(E-W 81m, N-S 74m) defined by a stone wall that is overlain by a field wall from W through N to NE. Traces of internal wall-facing are visible at NE, E and SE. Within NE quadrant of the interior is a rectangular raised platform (see GA044-025001-). Immediately to W of it is a second lower platform (E-W 5 m, N-S 4m) of similar character but poorly defined.
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 15 September 2015
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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