What is recorded here
Circa 100m SSW of a ringfort (GA029-159----). Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 32.5m) defined by an earthen bank at N, and from SE to S. A scarp defined the monument from S to SW. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere.
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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