What is recorded here
Within W half of a ringfort (GA073-126----). A well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage, roughly L-shaped in plan, consisting of two chambers linked by a creep. Access via opening a E end of 1st chamber (L 9m) which runs E-W. A creep at its NW end leads to 2nd chamber (L 4.4m) running NE-SW.
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
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 621.
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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