What is recorded here
In gently rolling grassland. Well-preserved almost circular rath (45m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by
a bank from SE to S, and from SSW to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A band of darker vegetation from W to NW may indicate the line of an external fosse.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 November 2016
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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Flowerhill Housecountry house · 1601 yd
Pallas CastleCastle, tower house · 1.7 mi
Bog WoodForest · 1.8 mi
Oak WoodForest · 1.8 mi
Church HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Stonyisland BayBay · 3.6 mi
Friar's IslandIslet · 4.0 mi
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