What is recorded here
In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as a subcircular enclosure (NW-SE c. 50m). All that survives is a subcircular area (E-W 44m ext.) defined by a shallow but wide fosse (Wth 5m). best preserved from S to NW. A field boundary cuts across the fosse at N.
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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