What is recorded here
On the summit of a hill in rolling pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). All that survives is NE quadrant defined by a scarp from N to E. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A CBG (GA017-127001-) occupies the interior. Immediately to S, a similar curving platform is defined by a scarp; it may be associated. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 72)
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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