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In undulating grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as an irregular enclosure (c. 50m by c. 30m); on 3rd. ed. (1930) it is shown as partly damaged on S side. A plan of the monument in 1910 by Costello (Topgr. Files, NMI) shows a steep-sided flat-topped 'artificial mound' (c. 45m by c. 36.5m) flanked on N and NE by a feature labelled 'old moat' and 'dyke'; possibly a fosse and external bank. A smaller semicircular area, labelled 'surface partly flat', is also shown adjoining the mound on SW side. No visible surface trace survives, but the morphology and its proximity to a church (GA043-037----) are reminiscent of a motte.
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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