Earthwork in Carrowmunniagh

On a hummock in a low-lying wet boggy area, just S of a stream marking the td. boundary. Circular earthen grassed-over round-topped mound (D 19m, H 1.5m), the W section of which is cut by a drain. Two similar earthworks (GA017-040----, GA017-041----) lie to SE; possibly a group of boundary mounds, tumuli or large fulachta fiadh. 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