
What is recorded here
In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 31.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse, no visible surface trace of which survives from WSW through N to NE where a road cuts the monument. A quarry encroaches upon it from NE to E.
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
Places near here
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Castle KellyCastle, tower house · 2.1 mi
Sally IslandIslet · 4.0 mi
Cloonavihony WoodForest · 4.1 mi
Mount MaryMountain / peak · 4.1 mi
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