Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
On level reclaimed ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) as a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 50m, E-W c. 40m). All that survives are slight traces of a raised area, subcircular in plan (NE-SW 47m, NW-SE 40m), defined by a gentle 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
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