
What is recorded here
In gently undulating farmland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) as a circular enclosure (D c. 50m). All that survives are the poorly preserved remains of a circular area (D 33m) defined by a denuded bank. Traces of an external fosse are visible from E to SE.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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