What is recorded here
Forty-six metres of packed earth circle a hollow on the southern slope, marking a place where humans lived before memory faded. Two banks and a ditch still hold their shape against the grass, though age has softened the eastern edge. The fort stands as a witness to forgotten hands, waiting for someone to imagine the lives that turned its soil into home.
On a S-facing slope in grassland. Circular rath (D 46.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A scarp forms the inner enclosing element from S to SW. The fosse and outer bank survive from SW through W to NW. (Neary 1914, 114, no. 97)
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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