What is recorded here
On a NE-facing slope. Well- preserved oval rath (E-W 47.5m, N-S 41m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is present from SW through W to NE. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at E.
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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