What is recorded here
In level grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 50m by c. 30m) but by the time of 3rd ed. (1926) only N half of the enclosure, now circular in plan (D c. 60m), appears. No visible surface trace survives; the site is now used as a garden.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Saint Mary's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 169 yd
Ballygar National Schoolschool · 351 yd
Enclosure in KilleroranEnclosure · 752 yd
Site of Ballygar CastleArchaeological place · 979 yd
Aughrane WoodsForest · 1.4 mi
Castle KellyCastle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Sally IslandIslet · 3.4 mi
Mount MaryMountain / peak · 4.3 mi
European Crab AppleEuropean Crab Apple · 4.6 mi
Inch IslandIsland · 5.0 mi
Site of Killomaine Grave YardArchaeological place · 11 mi