What is recorded here
Some 250m SE of a ringfort (GA056-109----). Known locally as 'Lisheen', this circular ringfort (D 38m), in fair condition, is defined by an inner bank, intervening fosse with traces of an outer bank at S. A gap (Wth 4m) and causeway at SE appear original. A field wall curving from N to ESE may overlie the line of the outer bank. A CBG (GA056-110001-) associated.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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