What is recorded here
In scrubland. Poorly preserved roughly circular cashel (diam. 32.5m) defined by a collapsed
drystone wall overlain by a field wall from N to E. McCaffrey (1952, 188-9, no. 75) noted five small ‘enclosures’ abutting the inner wall-face at N, SE and W; traces of these still survive. A Man-made underground passage (GA103-088002-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 January 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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