What is recorded here
In undulating pastureland. Marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1933) as a subcircular enclosure (c. 24m E-W; c. 20m N-S). No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 21 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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