What is recorded here
On a slight rise in low-lying pastureland. An irregularly shaped mound (NNW-SSE 19.2m, WSW-ENE 12.1m, H 0.7m) of grassed-over burnt stone with a depression on ENE side. A bone gaming piece with dot and circle motif found on the site c. 1959 was brought to the National Museum Dublin (Topgr. Files, NMI). Some 120m to SE is another fulacht fiadh (GA057-125----).
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).
Revised by: Olive Alcock]
Date of upload: 15 August 2023
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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