What is recorded here

No visible trace remains of Cloonagh Small Fort, though Neary measured a 120 ft circular garth hidden beneath bog and slope in 1914. The earth has swallowed the scarp, fosse and bank, leaving only a ghost of shape on the eastern rise. Whatever life moved inside that circle has vanished so completely the land itself seems to have forgotten it happened.

On E slopes of a rise surrounded by bogland from N through S to W. Described by Neary (1914, 114, no. 140), as a much-ravelled 'circular, earthen fort'; known locally as 'Cloonagh Small Fort'. 'From a small arc', defined by a scarp, fosse and outer bank, he inferred the 'diameter of the garth was 120ft [36.5m]' (ibid.). 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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