What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortymadden stands in undulating pastureland, a roughly circular rath twenty-six metres wide. Its bank rose by scarping a low knoll, leaving three-metre gaps at the northeast and southwest. A man-made underground passage remains nearby. People may have lived inside, hidden beneath, or simply passed through the gaps while believing the fort belonged to others.
In undulating pastureland. Roughly circular rath (diam. 26m), in fair condition, defined by a bank which appears to have been constructed by scarping a low knoll. Gaps occur at NE (Wth 3m) and SW (Wth 3m). A Man-made underground passage (GA106-080001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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