
What is recorded here
On a N-facing slope in pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 40m by c. 30m). All that survives is a flat subcircular area (N-S 37m) defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 5m) from SE through S to NNW. Possibly a barrow or a ringfort.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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