What is recorded here
On NW-facing slope of Checker Hill in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 27m) defined by an earthen bank from NE to SE; elsewhere a degraded scarp forms the enclosing element. The td. boundary cuts the monument at NW and NE. Neary (1914, 119, no. 19) noted a 'ravelled' outer bank reinforced with stone. No visible surface trace of it survives. A ringfort (GA005-008----) lies c. 270m to SE.
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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