What is recorded here
On the summit of a rocky knoll. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 25m) defined by traces of a drystone wall, best preserved from W to N: its inner face is defined by a modern wall. A rectangular house (L 8m, Wth 5m) abuts wall at N.
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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