What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange (clonmacnowen By.) stands in County Galway, Ireland, marked by an almost circular bank, external fosse and central feature. Local memory treats it as a children's burial ground rather than an ordinary home or stronghold. That sudden shift from living wall to death venue explains why the place still feels charged: the earth may have swallowed young bodies before it stopped being a fort.

Circa 8m SW of a ringfort (GA087-111----). An almost circular rath (N-S 31m, E-W 30m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fossebest preserved at W. A gap (Wth 2.2m) at E could beoriginal. Quarrying has disturbed the outer face of thebank from SW through W to NW. A CBG (GA087-111003) occupies the centre of the interior. According to Egan (1960, 13), this rath is remembered only as a children's burial ground. 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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