What is recorded here

Indicated is a massive rectangular drystone enclosure on a Galway slope, likely post-medieval, holding scattered houses and clearance rubble within its two-metre walls. The western entrance stands four metres wide, inviting entry into a space where human labour still shapes the land. Its eastern edge dissolves into an ordinary boundary wall, suggesting the enclosure may have been part of a larger forgotten system.

On a SW-facing slope in gently undulating grassland. Large well-preserved rectangular enclosure (N-S 110m, E-W 55m) defined by a massive drystone wall (Wth 2m, H 2m max.) along S, W and N sides. The td. boundary wall (Wth 1.5m) forms the enclosing element along E side and there is no trace of the enclosure to E of it. There is a definite entrance (Wth c. 4m) at W and a possible one at SW. A number of houses (GA058-087001-, GA058-087002-, GA058-087003-) and several large piles of field- clearance rubble lie within the interior. An internal drystone wall subdivides NE quadrant. Possibly post-medieval in date. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.