What is recorded here
In level grassland. This subcircular rath (c. 38m N-S; c. 35m E-W) is defined by a bank and external fosse. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at N. A field bank cuts through it at NE and SE and to the E of it the fosse survives as a vegetation band.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
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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