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At a glance

TypeRingfort - cashel
Recorded sizeN-S 70m, E-W 36.5m
Condition (as surveyed)Ruined
StatusNational Monument

What to look for

Entrance gap

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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History and description

On a local hill summit, on Inis Mór overlooking Fearann an Choirce to NW. Dún Beag, as it is known locally, is a very poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S 70m, E-W 36.5m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall, best preserved at NE. A gap at NE could be original: outside it is a small quadilateral annexe enclosed by a ruined drystone wall with a blocked up lintelled entrance way at NE. The interior of the cashel contains three clochans (GA110-066001-, GA110-066002-, GA110-066003-).

Full archaeological record 87 words

References

Date of revised upload: 18 January 2016
The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Olive Alcock · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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Walks and trails

Árann – Lúb an ChorruchWalking Trail · 10.3 km · nearest point 0.3 km
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Outdoors, towns and places to stay

Cill Mhuirbhigh, Inis MórBeaches · 2.0 km · Excellent Quality (2025)
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Other attractions nearby

Cill Mhuirbhigh, Inis MórBeach · 2.0 km
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Dive AranNature and Wildlife · 3.5 km

Doonbeg Ringfort