What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Corrabaun, County Galway: a subcircular rath, twenty-three and a half metres north-south, set on a grassy ridge. Two banks and a ditch still mark most of its circle, while a field wall and a shed have cut through the rest. People may have lived there, or maybe the fairies did; either way the ground remembers being shaped.
On a ridge in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 23.7m, E-W 21.9m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse from SW through W to NE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A field wall cuts the monument at N and S, and a shed has been built on the line of the enclosing elements at E.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedChurch · 1019 yd
R.C. ChapelChurch · 1043 yd
Enclosure in Castlebin NorthEnclosure · 1721 yd
LismoreEnclosure · 1.1 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.1 mi
Site of Lisnamoltaun CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
Woodlawn WoodsForest · 2.4 mi
European Crab AppleEuropean Crab Apple · 2.7 mi