What is recorded here
In grassland. Circular enclosure (D 40m), in poor condition, defined by a low grassed-over bank of earth and stone from SW through N to NE. A field wall cuts the monument at NE and SW, to SE of which no visible surface trace survives.
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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