What is recorded here
On a prominent rise in gently undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 31m, E-W 28.5m) defined by a bank and an external fosse. A gap at SSW could be original. Neary (1914, 111, no. 43) noted the existence of an outer bank of which no visible surface trace survives.
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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