What is recorded here
On S-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NW-SE c. 45m, NE-SW c. 40m) defined by a degraded scarp and external fosse. The scarp survives from NE through S to WSW, and the fosse from E through S to SW. A field bank cuts the monument at ESE and WSW. Abutting the scarp at SW is a CBG (GA017-152001-). (Neary 1914, 112, no. 44)
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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