
What is recorded here
In grassland within the former demesne of Ballinglass House, overlooking Ballinglass Lough to W. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure, its perimeter planted with trees. All that survives is poorly preserved circular platform (D 39m) defined by a degraded scarp (H 0.5m max.) except at W where the line of the enclosure in overlain by a field boundary.
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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