What is recorded here
On a slight rise in otherwise level grassland. A slightly raised lozenge-shaped platform (E-W 30m, N-S c. 28m) defined by a bank of earth and stone and external fosse. The bank, on which some stone revetment is visible, runs intermittently along the perimeter; the fosse is very overgrown and its edges are indistinct. In the interior are the stumps of several uprooted trees.
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
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