What is recorded here
On a hummock in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 27.5, N-S 24m) defined by a degraded bank, and delimited at NE and ESE by a modern drain. A small rectangular annexe (N-S 8.5m, E-W 7m) extends from the bank at S.
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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