What is recorded here
Eskerboy holds a subcircular rath forty-one metres across, marked by a living bank where hawthorn trees still grow. The earth rises from the south through the west to the north, while a sharp scarp cuts the opposite side, creating a closed circle in the undulating grassland. A faint underground passage may still breathe beneath the soil, inviting wonder about the hands that shaped it. The fort remains visible and intact, waiting for someone to walk its edge and imagine the lives it contained.
On a hillock in undulating grassland. This subcircular rath (41m E-W; 36m N-S), in fair condition, is defined by a bank from S through W to N and by a scarp from N through E to S. Some hawthorn trees are growing on the bank. The fosse survives from S through W to N. A possible Man-made underground passage (GA107-068001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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