What is recorded here
On a SE-facing slope in pastureland and immediately NE of the county road. Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 52m) defined by a degraded scarp and a shallow external fosse. A slight gap at SE could be original. Traces of tillage ridges are visible in the interior.
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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