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In low-lying undulating grassland. Described in 1954 (Topgr. Files, NMI): 'Stone ringfort single rampart. No sign of fosse. Oval, approximately [?]ft. N-S, 120ft [36.5m] E-W ... muchruined and heavily overgrown'. Duignan (Topgr. Files, UCG) also suggested that it may have contained apossible souterrain as it was known locally as the 'lairof a fox'. The monument was subsequently bulldozedin the 1950s and 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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