What is recorded here

Ahapouleen holds a faded earthen ring where human hands first shaped the grassland. Farmers later cut through its memory with wall and plough, reducing ancient breadth to a shallow mound. The fairy fort name suggests people saw more than rubble, perhaps a dwelling place for unseen neighbours. What was built there has partly vanished, but the land still carries the shape of forgotten use.

In undulating grassland. When initially visited by the Survey in November 1982, this poorly preserved subcircular rath (40m E-W; 33m N-S) was defined by a degraded bank. A field wall cut through the monument at W and E, and a gap at NW appeared to be modern. A T-shaped rise, encompassing some rock outcrop, was evident in the interior. When revisited in May 1992, the area to the N of the field wall had been totally levelled as a result of field clearance. To its S a grass-covered mound was visible; a lot of stone protruded from it. A trackway (GA102-001002-) may be associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 October 2016

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