What is recorded here
In low-lying pasture prone to flooding. Two contiguous mounds (E-W 20.2m, N-S 12.3m, H 1.7m) separated by a depression possibly opening towards SSW. The E one is a well-preserved kidney- shaped grassed-over mound of burnt limestone with a depression on W side. Adjoining it, to W, is a smaller rectangular mound of similar character.
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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