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Some 50m to ENE of an earthwork (GA005-076----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). Described by Neary (1914, 120, no. 14), as a 'Circular, earthen ravelled fort … The garth is slightly convex. A three foot [0.9m] bank was topped by a walled rampart which has disappeared. The diameter of the garth is 120 feet [36.6m]'. No visible surface trace survives.
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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