What is recorded here
On top of an esker ridge in farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (NE-SW c. 40m, NW-SW c. 30m). The ridge has been quarried out and all that survives is a 15m length of three banks and two intervening fosses.
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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