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Within a field system (GA057-076002-). Poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S c. 34.5m, E-W 31.4m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall, no visible surface trace of which survives at N where it is cut by a field wall. Within the interior are two circular houses: (a) to N of centre, consists of a line of boulders (D 3.2m) with a rubble core and an entrance at E. It is partly overlain at N by a rectangular sheep-pen; (b) c. 2m to S, is composed of a single line of boulders (D 4.5m). Another house lies 175m to ESE. (ASGAP 384:26)
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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