What is recorded here
No stones or ditches remain in the eastern soil of the Ballywataire ringfort, yet local tradition insists children were laid to rest there. The earth keeps a clean face while hiding a brutal truth, forcing imagination to fill the empty space.
Within a ringfort (GA017-021----). According to local tradition, a CBG was located within E sector of the interior of the monument. No visible surface trace survives.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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