What is recorded here
On a gentle E-facing slope in pastureland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (c. 58m N-S; c. 52m E-W) defined by a scarp from WSW through N to ENE. A field wall cuts across the monument from WSW to ENE and to the SE of it the former line of the enclosing element is indicated by a darker band of vegetation .
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
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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