Mill Fort

On a rise in undulating grassland overlooking bogland to S. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 38m, N-S 33.8m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. No visible surface trace of the fosse survives from E to S or from SW to W. The outer bank is visible from SW to W. Tradition of a windmill close by. A moated site (GA017-042----) lies c. 300m to W and a ringfort (GA017-061----) c. 320m to ESE. (Nearly 1914, 113, no. 118) 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.