What is recorded here
On a S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure, and named 'Caher' on OS Fair Plan. What survives is a circular area (D c. 31m) defined by a field wall, beneath which, from NW to N, are traces of a possible bank of collapsed stone. The interior is planted with trees.
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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