What is recorded here
On a rise in undulating scrubland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a rectangular enclosure (c. 50m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE). On inspection in June 1983 no visible surface trace survived. However, its outline is visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 March 2019
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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