What is recorded here
On a gentle N-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 41m, E-W 39m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank are present from SW through W to NE. A large quarry has encroached upon the enclosing elements at SW. (Neary 1914, 112, no. 41)
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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