What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghboley is a circular rath in County Galway, Ireland, measured at about 74 metres across. McCaffrey classified it as an earthen fort with a stone-revetted bank, and a house site lay inside its eastern sector. Field rubble and forgetting have buried most of the shape, leaving only a low western hint and the memory of a boundary drawn in grass.

In level grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 192, no. 118) as a circular 'Earthen fort' (diam. c. 74m) defined by a bank with a stone revetment. Within the E sector of the interior was a house site (GA103-112001-). Apart from a low stony bank (L 4m) at W, which may indicate the line of the enclosing element, no visible surface trace of the monument survives. Field-clearance rubble has been piled on top of it. Another rath (GA103-112002-/GA113-094----) lies immediately to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 July 2017

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloghboley, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a circular bank with a stone revetment and a diameter of approximately 74 meters. A house site (GA103-112001-) was identified within its eastern sector, suggesting domestic occupation, while local folklore may associate the site with supernatural or fairy activity, as is common with such forts in Irish tradition.

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