What is recorded here
Kilcurrivard holds a faded ringfort where a hidden passage still cuts through the earth. The main bank has nearly vanished under grass and forgotten field work, but the underground tunnel remains sharp and deliberate. That is the strange part. Someone built a chamber beneath an open field, perhaps to keep warm, store treasure or escape rain. The forgoes much of its shape, yet the concealed passage still points to a lived and imagined world below the soil.
In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (E-W 27.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone overlain by field clearance at E. Within the interior is a Man-made underground passage (GA057-117001-).
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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