What is recorded here
On a N-facing slope in grassland. On inspection in January 1985, this poorly preserved circular rath (D 30m) was defined by an inner scarp (H 0.2m-1.5m), intervening fosse (Wth 2-3.5m) and outer bank (H 0.6-1.5m; int. H 0.7-0.9m; ext. H 0.8-2m). Gaps were visible in the bank at NNE (Wth 5.5m) and SE (Wth 3.5m). A NE-SW running field bank cut across the monument from NNW to SSE. There was cattle-feeding pen on its E side in the area of the fosse. On re-inspection in November 2001, a vey shallow depression (Wth c. 3m; D c. 0.3m) noted from SSE to NW possibly marked the line of an outer fossse. The feeding pen had been removed from the inner fosse and was located outside the outer bank at E. II - North Galway'. Revised by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 16 August 2023
On a N-facing slope in grassland. On inspection in January 1985, this poorly preserved circular rath (D 30m) was defined by an inner scarp (H 0.2m-1.5m), intervening fosse (Wth 2-3.5m) and outer bank (H 0.6-1.5m; int. H 0.7-0.9m; ext. H 0.8-2m). Gaps were visible in the bank at NNE (Wth 5.5m) and SE (Wth 3.5m). A NE-SW running field bank cut across the monument from NNW to SSE. There was cattle-feeding pen on its…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA061-113
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