What is recorded here
In level grassland, overlooking Corranroo Bay to the W. This poorly preserved and overgrown circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) is defined by a bank overlain by a later field wall. On inspection the interior was being used as a vegetable garden. Possibly a rath.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 April 2019
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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