
What is recorded here
At N end of a ridge in gently undulating grassland. Circular ringfort (D 33.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and intervening fosse, with traces of an outer bank visible from N to ENE. Entrance causeway at ESE. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements at SE.
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.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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