What is recorded here

Crannog in Beagh (ballymoe By.) is a small oval knoll, fifteen metres long and twelve wide, hidden beneath hawthorn bushes in a low-lying area prone to flooding. People still call it a fairy fort, perhaps because the water rises and falls around it like a living thing, making the knoll appear and disappear at the edges of sight. If it is a crannog, then someone once chose this exact spot where the land dips and the water gathers, building a home that the flood could not take.

In a low-lying area prone to flooding. A small oval knoll (N-S 15m, E-W 12m), overgrown with hawthorn bushes, is known locally as a 'fairy fort'. The topographical setting is indicative of a crannog. 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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