What is recorded here

Knox dug through the Rath of Feerwore in 1916, exposing hearths, pits and three burials beneath a vanished earthen bank. The site stretched from the Early Iron Age to the Early Christian period, proving generations lived and died within its twenty-eight-metre circle. Feerwore may have been a spirit, a forgotten name or a warning about the dead below. The earth kept that mystery alive long after the bank disappeared.

Just S of the summit of a hill in gently rolling pastureland. Known as the 'Rath of Feerwore', this monument was excavated by Knox (1916c, 191-3) and Raftery (1944, 23-52). Prior to excavation it consisted of a circular enclosure (diam. 28.5m) defined by an earthen bank with an entrance at SE flanked by two upright boulders (Raftery ibid., 24). The excavations revealed the presence of an outer rock-cut fosse and structural remains included a number of hearths, pits and post-holes, as well as three burials (see GA097-150004-) (ibid. 28, 30-31, 46-9). The monument proved to be a multi-period site ranging in date from the Early Iron Age to the Early Christian period. Apart from a low scarp at E and an area of dense thistle growth, no visible surface trace of it survives. A standing stone (GA097-150002-) lies c. 60m to the NNW. Two other possible standing stones (GA097-150005-) and the ‘Turoe Stone’ (GA097-150006-) are also associated. (Cody 1989, 219-35, no. 65) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 August 2018

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