What is recorded here

Kilglass holds a faded earthen ring on a north-facing slope, likely marking an old residential boundary before the land changed around it. The scarp still curves from southwest through north to northeast, suggesting a deliberate enclosure rather than a random heap of soil. People may have lived, worked or hidden inside that circle, using the rise for sight and the bank for protection. Forgetting has since buried much of the shape, but the remaining curve still points to human presence long before modern fields.

On N-facing slope of a hillock. On inspection in February 1985, this poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W c. 35m, N-S c. 30m) was defined by a degraded scarp from SW through N to NE. No visible surface trace survived elsewhere. A field bank curved around the monument from NE to SW. The interior was densely overgrown. On re-inspection in October 2001, the monument was completely fenced off. 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). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 16 August 2023

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