What is recorded here
No visible trace survives in the grassland, but a rectangular earthen fort once stood there, thirty-three metres long with a narrow southern gap. Whether people lived inside, stored grain, or simply marked a boundary remains unknown. The earth swallowed the bank and fosse until even the shape faded from memory.
In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 111, no. 7) as a rectangular ‘Earthen fort’ (c. 33m E-W; c. 26m N-S) defined by a bank and fosse with an entrance gap (Wth 2m) at S. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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