What is recorded here
Kilroghter: A forgotten ringfort in County Galway. Once a circular enclosure about thirty metres across, now only a slight hollow in pasture-land. The fairies may have taken it back, leaving no stone or ridge behind. What remains is a dimple in the earth where a life was lived and erased.
In a slight hollow in pasture-land. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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