What is recorded here
On a hill summit in rolling farmland, some 400m SE of the Dalgin River. Subcircular enclosure (N-S 170m, E-W 140m), in fair condition, defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SE through S to WNW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse is best preserved from SE through S to SW; elsewhere a stream flows around the monument. In NE quadrant of the interior is a church (GA004-002----) and a CBG (GA004-002001-).
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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