What is recorded here
Cahergal, a fairy fort or ringfort in County Galway, Ireland, once stood as a subcircular enclosure roughly 35m by 30m within rolling farmland. The earth has swallowed its boundary, leaving no visible surface trace behind. What remains is a ghost of a shape, remembered only through old measurements and the quiet suspicion that ordinary fields can hide forgotten rooms.
In rolling farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (c. 35m by c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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