What is recorded here
On a ridge in undulating grassland. This impressive oval rath (N-S 40m, E-W 31m) is defined by two well-preserved banks and an intervening fosse. Causewayed entrance at SSE. Two parallel banks (L 3m) run off the outer bank, at right angles, at NNE and NNW; possibly part of an annexe. A ringfort (GA042-165----) lies c. 170m to NE. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304-5)
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 GA042-166
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Nigel Thompson, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- The original uploader was Dppowell at English Wikipedia ., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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