What is recorded here

Cuilbeg Fort is a well-preserved stone ringfort on a gentle slope in County Galway, Ireland. Its subcircular wall encloses two raised platforms, one rectangular and one lower, set within the interior. The fort overlookes bogland to the south and southwest, marking a place where human hands shaped the land long before modern fields covered part of its boundary.

On a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking bogland to S and SW. Well-preserved subcircular cashel(E-W 81m, N-S 74m) defined by a stone wall that is overlain by a field wall from W through N to NE. Traces of internal wall-facing are visible at NE, E and SE. Within NE quadrant of the interior is a rectangular raised platform (see GA044-025001-). Immediately to W of it is a second lower platform (E-W 5 m, N-S 4m) of similar character but poorly defined. 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 15 September 2015

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