What is recorded here
In poorly drained grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1931) as an oval hollow (c. 50m by c. 30m) delimited along SW side by a stream. What is visible is a low wide earthen bank (Wth 2m, H 0.5m) curving from NNW to E with traces of a shallow internal fosse.
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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