What is recorded here
On WNW-facing slope of a low hill. Poorly preserved oval rath (E-W 47.6m, N-S 32m) defined along NW by a denuded earthen bank, and elsewhere by a degraded scarp.
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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