What is recorded here
On a N-facing slope in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 40m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse, best preserved from NW to N. From N through E to S, the enclosing elements are obscured by field-clearance rubble. A field bank cuts the monument at N and S. A ringfort (GA018-047----) lies c. 130m to S.
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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