What is recorded here
In flat pastureland close to the td. boundary, c. 200m NNW of Killure bridge. Very poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 63m) defined by a bank from SW through W to NW. Quarrying has disturbed the enclosing element from SE through S to SSW.
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
Places near here
Saint Teresa's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 608 yd
Killure Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1003 yd
Listemple or Killure Grave YardChurch · 1041 yd
European ashEuropean ash · 1342 yd
Enclosure in Killure CastleEnclosure · 1369 yd
Enclosure in CoolEnclosure · 1.6 mi
Site of Cloonigny CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.9 mi
LismoneyForest · 2.3 mi
Clooncoran IslandIsland · 3.1 mi
Kilconnell AbbeyHeritage attraction · 4.3 mi
Battle of Aughrim Interpretative CentreMuseum · 4.5 mi
Urraghry HillMountain / peak · 4.8 miOther information
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