What is recorded here
No visible church or hall exists. The hidden chamber is the unusual feature. The chamber may have stored goods, hidden people or served a household ritual. The missing building and the broken ring suggest an ordinary place that stopped being complete before it was forgotten.
On the summit of a hillock in undulating pasture and woodland. Subcircular ringfort (E-W 37.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone; it may have been stone-revetted. A quarry encroaches upon SE portion of the monument. Entrance at NE. There is a Man-made underground passage in the interior (GA027-030001-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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