What is recorded here
On E slopes of a hill. Marked on 1st 2nd eds. of OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 40m). No visible surface trace survives. (Killanin 1947, 125)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
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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