What is recorded here

Killian By. is a fading ringfort in Galway grassland, measured at thirty-four metres across and marked by two banks with a ditch between them. It stands beside another enclosure two hundred metres west, suggesting a small human settlement rather than a lonely fairy trick. The earth has softened the edges, but the circular shape still resists forgetting.

In grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (E-W 34m, N-S 33m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse survives from NNW through E to S, and the outer bank at W and E. An enclosure (GA047-040----) lies c. 200m to W. 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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