What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human ringforts misnamed, and this is one: a circular rath thirty-three metres across on a gentle north-facing slope in Castlegar East. Its bank still stands from north-north-east to west-south-west, while a scarp completes the rest of the circle, and faint traces of an outer ditch survive from south to north-north-west. People may have farmed around it, hidden in it during storms, or simply passed it without knowing what it was. The fairies are the part people invented later.

On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular rath (D 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank from NNE to WSW and elsewhere by a scarp. Traces of an external fosse survive from S to NNW. 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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