
What is recorded here
On a hillock on SW shore of Loch Róisín Dubh. Small poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (10m by 8m) defined by a single line of limestone blocks (H c. 0.7m). A natural boulder is incorporated at SE. The interior is c. 0.5m higher than the surrounding ground surface. Probably an enclosure of some sort but also possibly the remains of a house.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
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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