
What is recorded here
On the summit of a low hill in level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 43m, E-W 38.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse from NE through S to WNW. A scarp forms the enclosing element from WNW to NE. There is a CBG (GA016-052001-) within the interior.
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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