What is recorded here
Some 150m SSE of a ringfort (GA099-190----). Subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 28m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. A scarp forms the enclosing element from SW through W to NW. The fosse survives from WNW to N, and traces of a possible outer bank survive at WNW.
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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