What is recorded here
On SW-facing slope of a hill. Well-preserved oval rath (E-W 47.5m, N-S 37m) defined by a bank and external fosse. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 8m) at SSE.
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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