
What is recorded here
Some 100m E of an earth work (GA042-094----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). A field wall, running N-S, now cuts through the interior and no visible surface trace survives to E of it. To W, a faint scarp (N-S 33m, H 0.3m) is visible curving from S through W to N. Traces of a possible external fosse are visible at SW.
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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