What is recorded here

Eighty metres of earth stand on the Galway ridge, a giant oval trap for livestock or people. The rectangular annexe abuts the main circle like a barn built for giants, while a field boundary now cuts through the ancient defences. Fairy fort is the local name, but the scale suggests human ambition rather than magical mischief.

On a ridge in grassland. Well-preserved oval rath (E-W 80m, N-S 71m ext.) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Possible entrance at SE. A field boundary cuts the monument at NW and SW. Abutting the rath at E is a large subrectangular annexe (N-S; L 52m, Wth 40m; GA007-002001-) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. A CBG (GA007-010----) lies 50m to W. 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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