What is recorded here
On a gentle rise. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as an oval enclosure (N-S c. 40m, E-W c. 25m). Apart from a very slightly raised platform, no visible surface trace survives; it was levelled during land reclamation.
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
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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