What is recorded here

Close to shore at N end of Loch Fada. Subcircular island (N-S 24m; E-W 21m) defined by a platform of stones and peat. This encloses a central mound of peat (H 1.7m) which slopes towards S. There is a small rectangular depression (L 1.5m, Wth 1m) in S half of the interior. A well-preserved stone causeway (Wth 1.15m), running SW from the island for 21.3m before turning S for 3.7m, connects it to the shore. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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