What is recorded here
No visible entrance exists today, yet the eastern gap hints at a doorway where people once entered. The fort stands sixty-one metres across in undulating grassland, its bank and fosse still drawing a clear circle despite field walls cutting through. Large boulders sit intermittently atop the bank, marking a boundary that feels less like ruin and more like a threshold waiting to be remembered.
In undulating grassland. Circular rath (D 61m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SW through N to SE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A number of large boulders are placed intermittently on top of the bank. The fosse survives from NW through N to E. A number of field walls cut the monument. A gap at E, although modern, could indicate original access. A CBG (GA029-110001-) lies in NE quadrant of the interior interior.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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