
What is recorded here
On a gentle SE-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (ESE-WNW 41m, ENE-WSW 39m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. From SE through W to N, traces of an intervening fosse and an outer bank, overlain by a field wall, are visible.
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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