What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyglass South,ballyglass West (ballymoe By.) stands in grassland overlooking bogland to NW. It measures NNW-SSE 38m and WSW-ENE 37m, with a degraded bank from SW through N to E and traces of an external fosse at E. A field boundary now crosses part of the enclosure, reminding visitors that human hands keep shaping even abandoned places.

In grassland overlooking bogland to NW. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NNW-SSE 38m, WSW-ENE 37m) defined by a degraded bank from SW through N to E, and elsewhere by a scarp. A field boundary overlies the enclosing element from ESE to SW. Traces of an external fosse survive at E. 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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