What is recorded here
In a shallow valley in grassland, some 25m S of a stream. Well-preserved almost square moated site (E-W 27m, N-S 26m) defined by two banks and two fosse. The outer bank does not survive along N side, and the outer fosse is only visible along E and S sides. A deep channel on W side, possible on the site of a leat, links the outer fosse with the stream.
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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