What is recorded here

That is the origin of Clonmacnoise, the place of dark pools. There are no walls, no gates, no chambers, and no visible building at all. The whole structure is a hidden boundary drawn through water, shadow and memory. The field remembers the shape because the field was the first vessel used to build Clonmacnoise.

In flat pastureland, 350m SSW of a ringfort (GA074-004----) and 130m E of Annaghbeg Cottage. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular tree-planted enclosure. The present remains comprise a circular enclosure (D 29m) defined by a regular earthen scarp/bank and external fosse. Limestone blocks on the external face of the scarp at S may be part of a stone revetment. Mature trees are regularly spaced along the scarp/bank and in the interior. Probably a tree-ring enclosure but it could be a landscaped ringfort. 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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