Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

On the N-facing slope of a ridge in pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 133, no. 19a) as
a rectangular ‘Earthen fort’ (c. 61.2m E-W; c. 30.4m N-S) which was defined along the N side by a slightly curving bank and external fosse and along E and W sides by a scarp. The S end of the monument merged with the hillside. At S end of the interior, a raised inner platform (27.4m N-S; 18.3m E-W) was evident, which also merged into the hillside. Traces of an irregular curving bank were also evident beyond the scarp on the E side. Holt (1912, 243) referred to the ‘vague tradition of a castle [GA095-052002-] here’ and noted the strategic location of the site. No visible surface trace survives.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 1 April 2019

References

McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Holt, E.W.L. 1910 An abridged transcript of the Ordnance Survey Letters relating to parishes in, or partly in, the Barony of Dunkellin Co. Galway. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 6, 123-69.