What is recorded here

Thirty-three metres of packed earth still stand in the Galway grass, a shallow ditch circling three sides and a widened gap facing east where somebody once walked in. Field boundaries still radiate from that entrance like spokes from a hub, suggesting the fort did not appear fully formed but grew around a living centre. The fairness of its condition and the clarity of its shape leave little room for doubt about human hands, even if fairy names have clustered around it ever since.

In gently undulating grassland. Circular rath (D 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. A shallow depression evident from S through SW to W may indicate an external fosse. A gap (Wth 4.5m) at ESE, though widened, may be original. Field boundaries radiate from the monument at ESE and SW. 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

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