Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 45m, E-W 42.2m) defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The enclosing elements are best preserved from W to NE. Possible entrance at N. A field boundary cuts the outer bank at N. There is a souterrain (GA016-118----) within the interior. An earthwork (GA016-119----) lies c. 170m to SW.
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.