What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Clogharoasty, County Galway: a 40-by-35 m earthen ring with two banks, a ditch between them and a 3.2 m gap on the east. Inside the north-west is a man-made underground passage; local information says human bones were found near it. A larger enclosure sits just south-west, partly covered by the rath. The name “fairy” may be mischief, fear or wonder, but the bones and passage suggest people lived, hid or were buried there long before the story changed the shape of the place.

In undulating scrubland. This well-preserved subcircular rath (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth 3.2m) at E. A souterrain (GA106-050001-) lies in the NW quadrant of the interior. According to local information, human bones (GA106-050002-) were found in the vicinity of the Man-made underground passage. A large enclosure (GA106-050003-) lies immediately to the SW and the rath appears to overlie its NE quadrant. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 November 2017

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