What is recorded here
In grassland within the former Gallagh Demesne. A very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D c. 50m) noted during aerial reconnaissance in July 1965 (CUCAP AIR 74). It was enclosed by two, possibly three, earthen banks and intervening fosses. Only faint traces of a bank and external fosse are identifiable on the ground.
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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