
What is recorded here
On a SW-facing slope in grassland. An almost circular earthwork (N-S 11.5m, E-W 10.5m), in a fair condition, comprising a bank of earth and stone (H 1.4m ext.) which encloses a hollow interior. The bank is overlain by a field wall from NNE to SE. A gap at SE may be modern. There are possible indications of internal revetment at W. A large quantity of stone is visible in W half of the interior. Possibly a house or a barrow.
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.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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