What is recorded here
On a high rocky knoll overlooking a narrow pass, and the Owenglin river, to N. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (E-W 27m, N-S 24m) defined by a much-collapsed drystone wall, best preserved ESE-WNW. The remains of two poorly defined huts occupy the interior. (Info. M. Gibbons.) Not visited.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
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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