What is recorded here

Mystery and imagination suggest the fort may have stood as a boundary marker, ritual site or local defence. It is a subcircular rath about 32m east-west and 30m north-south, with two banks and an intervening fosse. Quarrying has cut into its NW, NE and SSW edges, yet enough remains for the shape to still read as a made place rather than a random mound.

Some 170m NE of a ringfort (GA042-166----). Subcircular rath (E-W 32m, N-S 30m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at NW, NE and at SSW. 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

A subcircular earthen ringfort in Largan, likely dating to the early medieval period, is associated with local folklore referring to it as a fairy fort. The structure, though partially damaged by quarrying, retains two banks and a fosse, and is situated near another known ringfort.

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