What is recorded here

Two earth rings cling together on a Galway rise, their banks bruised by time and fields. The southern circle opens south, the northern east, as if both chambers still expect visitors. People may have lived inside, raised children, and forgotten the names of every room. The fairies never left; they only stopped answering to human questions.

On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved conjoined rath; the S subcircular enclosure (N-S 41m, E-W 37m) is defined by a bank and external fosse with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at S. The enclosing elements are best preserved from NE through E to SW. The N enclosure (E-W 34m, N-S 28m) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse with an entrance (Wth 4m) at E. A field bank overlies the enclosing elements from SE through S to WNW. 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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