
What is recorded here
On W-facing slope of an esker in undulating grassland. A poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 30m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. Gap (Wth 3m) at SE could be original. A CBG (GA099-010----) lies c.40m to SE, and an enclosure (GA099-008----) c. 100m to NE.
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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