What is recorded here
Some 5m N of a ringfort (GA099-055----). Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (N-S 20m, E-W 15m) defined by a low earthen bank. Possibly associated with the adjacent rath.
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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