What is recorded here
On a S slope in otherwise low-lying pastureland. A small stream flows to SE. A square enclosure (N-S 40m, E-W 40m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present at SE, W and NNW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element.
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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