What is recorded here
In flat low-lying wet pastureland to S of a stream. A level rectangular area (N-S 48.5m, E-W 34.5m), in fair condition, enclosed by an earthen bank and shallow external fosse. Traces of an outer bank survive at NW, NNE, and along E side. There is a small bastion-like feature in NW corner. Trace of a possible leat run from NW corner to the adjacent stream.
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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