What is recorded here
Fairy forts are often called that because they are empty in the wrong way. This is a circular rath in Rafarn, about twenty-six metres across, with a low earthen bank still marking most of its edge. The northern part stands slightly higher, as if the ground remembered the shape longer there. Cattle may have walked past it for centuries, treating the ring as an ordinary ridge in the pasture.
In undulating pastureland. Circular rath (diam. 25.7m), in fair condition, defined by a bank that is visible all round but is very low from E through S to W. It is best preserved at N (Wth 0.7m; overall Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.62m; ext. H 0.64m).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 March 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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