What is recorded here

Half a kilometre from another ringfort, this broken circle stands in grassland above bog, its inner bank missing on three sides as if the earth withdrew rather than a person left. The gap at the east may be the true doorway, pointing toward water and shadow instead of a road. Two forts so close suggest a valley busy enough to argue about borders, or perhaps one household and one guest chamber.

In undulating grassland overlooking bogland to E. Subcircular rath (N-S 24.5m, E-W 22.3m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present only from NE to E and from S to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Gap at ESE could be original. A ringfort (GA016-070----) lies c. 350m to W. 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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