What is recorded here
On level ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1915) as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 30m). Apart from a slight scarp at WSW and traces of an external fosse indicated by a band of nettle growth, no visible surface trace survives.
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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