What is recorded here
On a rise in grassland overlooking bogland to the N. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW). On inspection in April 1984 no visible surface trace survived. However, slight traces of its outline are visible on OSi aerial imagery (Google maps).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 17 April 2019
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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