What is recorded here
No visible gate, no central cavity, no human measure fits the oval. That is the shape of a fortress built for speed and concealment. Human tools must have failed before the chamber was completed. The fairies finished what mortal hands abandoned. They still inhabit the seam where the earth folds inward. The hollow outside marks the place where they emerged.
On a SE-facing slope in pastureland. Oval rath (c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a fairly uniform bank of earth and stone (base Wth 2.7m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m). A hollow is visible outside the bank at SE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 April 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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