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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moneen East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In level pastureland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m). A ‘Cave’ (GA114-128001-) is marked in the interior on the 1838 edition of the map. The monument was ploughed out in 1966 (pers. comm. E. Rynne) and no visible surface trace survives. A barrow (GA114-129----) lies c. 50m to the W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 February 2018

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