What is recorded here
On a W-facing slope in woodland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a small roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), most of which was overlain by a NE-SW running road (Wth c. 10m). Apart from a curving bank visible to the SE of the road, no visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 30 July 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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