Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
On a ridge in reclaimed pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 50m) and on 3rd ed. (1914) as a roughly subcircular field. All that survives is a circular area (D 26m) defined by a low scarp. Field clearance has been piled at S side.
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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