What is recorded here
On a gentle rise. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). All that survives is a segment of the bank (Wth 4m, H 2.1m ext.) along W, indicating a diameter of c. 28m. There is a rectangular hollow (L 12m, Wth 3m), running N-S, in W sector, but most of the interior appears to have been quarried out.
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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