What is recorded here
On N-facing slope of a hill in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 29.5m) defined by a degraded scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank best preserved at SW. There are two small quarries at N and S. A field boundary cuts the monument at NNE. (Neary 1914, 118, no. 37)
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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