Cruac=a=Newer Fort

On a rise in level grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m). It is described by Neary (1914, 117, no. 54) as 'an earthen fort … much mutilated and deeply scarped on S. E. Large stones mark where outward bank lay on S. Its diameter was about 140 ft. [ 42.65m]'. No visible surface trace survives. There was a CBG (GA005-033001-) in the interior. 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

Cruac=a=Newer Fort, Carrowmanagh is a likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated by its circular earthen enclosure and described as much mutilated with a deeply scarped southeast side. Local tradition and historical references suggest it may have been a defended homestead, and such sites were often later associated with folklore involving fairies or other supernatural beings.