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On a glacial ridge in grassland, flanked by bogland to NE and S. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 35m). Described by Neary (1914, 123, no. 148) as a 'circular, earthen, half ravelled fort … garth was over 100 ft. [30.5m]; scarp 6 ft [1.8m]' which had been encroached upon by 'tillage operations'; known locally as 'Concannon's Fort'. 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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