House - indeterminate date

The National Monuments Service's description

Associated with a large enclosure (GA042-076001-). A total of five houses were identified in and around the enclosure as follows: (a) close to the centre, a rectangular area (N-S; L 7.5m, Wth 3.5m) defined by a collapsed wall; (b) immediately to SE, a rectangular depression (N-S; L 5.9m, Wth 1.8m) defined by the foundations of a wall; (c) on the line of the enclosure wall at S, a rectangular area (NE-SW; L c. 8.6m, Wth 4.3m) defined by grassed-over rubble; (d) to NE of the enclosure, a partially sunken house, subcircular in plan (N-S; L 7.3, Wth 6.4m), defined by a bank revetted internally with a gap (Wth 1m) at E; (e) to SE of it, a poorly preserved rectangular house (N-S; L 5m, Wth 1.8m) defined by a low grassed-over stone wall.

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