What is recorded here

Walnut trees shade the eastern scarp of Caldragh Fort, their roots drinking from the narrow drain that still cuts across the rising ground. The oval measures ninety-eight metres, large enough to hold a church, a hall and every child the community loved, yet no building remains except the shape of the ground itself. A five-metre gap faces north, waiting for a road, a bridge or a procession that has stopped coming.

In an area of undulating pastureland. This oval enclosure (98m N-S; 85m E-W), which encompasses a hummock, is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.25m) from S to SW; elsewhere a scarp (H 0.8-1.5m) forms the enclosing element. The latter is partially denuded from E to S where it planted with walnut trees. A gap at N (Wth 5.3m) may be original. The interior rises towards the centre. A narrow NE-SW running drain cuts across it from ESE to S. There is a children's burial ground (GA100-126002-) in the W half. It is surrounded by mature trees. The large size of the enclosure and presence of the children's burial ground suggest it may be an early ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 27 March 2020

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