What is recorded here

A circular rath, 29.6m across, lies in the undulating grassland at Ballynew. A low bank of earth and stone still marks its eastern, southern and western edge, while a scarp completes the rest. The shape is worn but the boundary remains clear enough to walk.

In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 29.6m) defined by a low bank of earth and stone from E through S to W; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. 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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