What is recorded here
On a slight rise in undulating pastureland. This subrectangular enclosure (66.5m N-S; 50.6m E-W) is defined by a bank of earth and stone. Quarrying has encroached upon it at E. McCaffrey (1952, 260, no. 12) noted an external fosse on the W side; no visible surface trace of it survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 April 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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