What is recorded here
In level grassland immediately E of a trackway. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a small circular mound (D c. 20m). What survives is a subrectangular earthen platform (N-S 18.5m, E-W 15m, H 1.3m), its present plan probably the result of encroachment during ploughing. CBG (GA018-010001-) is associated.
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 subrectangular earthen platform, likely a Bronze Age fulacht fiadh or ceremonial structure; its significance lies in its potential association with early domestic or ritual activity in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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