What is recorded here
On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 22.4m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Either of two gaps at NNW and SE may be original. A field wall overlies the inner bank from SSW to NW.
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.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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