What is recorded here
Thirty years ago people still walked the drystone chamber, but soil and roots have since buried the roof. The passage now appears only as a curving depression beneath the SW quadrant of the ringfort, saving a little of its shape in grass and shadow.
In SW quadrant of a ringfort (GA071-014----). All that is visible is an overgrown curving depression (L c. 13m, Wth 2m), up to 1m in depth. It runs NW-SE (L c. 7m) before curving to E (L 6m). Three large stones, possible roof lintels, are visible within the depression. The landowner stated that the Man-made underground passage was accessible c. 30 years ago and that the interior was constructed of drystone-walling.
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
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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