What is recorded here
In NW quadrant of a ringfort (GA086-033----). According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' within this ringfort. All that is visible is a nettle-filled depression (L 5.7m, Wth 2.2m), running ENE-WSW and up to 0.5m in depth. The landowner removed a large slab from here some years ago.
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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