What is recorded here

Derrynacorra Fort is a well-preserved ringfort on a bog hummock in County Galway, its stone-lined entrance still pointing southeast through rough grazing land. The outer bank carries a stone revetment, while the inner bank and fosse keep the subcircular shape clear after centuries of rain and foot traffic. A chambered tomb lies inside the fort, suggesting the place served the living and the dead at once. People may have come there to mark territory, raise children, bury ancestors or avoid the fairies, but the stones no longer explain which purpose they favoured.

On a low hummock in bog and rough grazing land. Subcircular rath (E-W 26.5m, N-S 25m) in fair condition. Defined by a well-preserved inner bank, external fosse and outer bank; the latter has an outer stone revetment. There is a stone-lined entrance at SSE. A CBG occupies the interior (GA026-004001-) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Derrynacorra Fort is a subcircular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, characterized by a well-preserved inner bank, external fosse, and an outer bank with a stone revetment. The Gaelic name "An Chloch Bhreac Íochtair" ("the spotted stone of the fairy") suggests a local folklore connection to fairies or supernatural beings, common in Irish tradition surrounding such sites.

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