What is recorded here

Earthwork in Prospect (dunmore By.) is a circular platform, 11.6 metres across, rising two metres at its northeast edge on a Galway roadside. It may have been a house, a boundary marker, or even a forgotten windmill mound. The uneven surface and faint outer ditch suggest hands shaped it for living or working, though time has blurred the purpose.

On roadside 70m ENE of a similar monument (GA017-144----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 20m). What is visible is a circular platform (D c. 11.6m), in fair condition, defined by a scarp (H 2m max. at NE). This is supplemented from S to W by traces of an external fosse and outer bank. The surface of the platform is uneven. Possibly a house, a landscape feature, or even a windmill mound. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 156) 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

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