What is recorded here

Thirty-four metres of packed earth rise above the Galway grass, marking a place where human hands shaped the summit before memory faded. Two banks and a central ditch enclose the circle, though only a narrow eastern gap remains visible. Inside lies a long rectangular hollow that may have hidden an underground passage, suggesting the fort served more than simple shelter. The structure still stands in fair condition, waiting for someone to walk its broken rings and ask what that dark chamber contained.

On the summit of a hillock in undulating grassland. Circular rath (D 34m) (GA073-138----), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives at W and N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The outer bank survives intermittently and is best preserved at S. A gap (Wth 2m) at E appears original. Within the interior, a rectangular hollow (L 9m), long axis running E-W, is possibly the remains of a Man-made underground passage (GA073-138001-). 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: 22 October 2022

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