What is recorded here
Four metres of grassy slope hide a forty-metre circular rath where a field wall now cuts through the ancient bank. Inside the western sector, a man-made underground passage descends into darkness, inviting speculation about whether people sought shelter, stored treasure, or entered a fairy realm. The lost residents may have whispered warnings about the hidden depth, treating the fort as a threshold between the ordinary world and something older.
On a W-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 40m) defined by a denuded bank. A field wall cuts the monument at SE. There is a Man-made underground passage (GA061-106001-) in WNW sector of interior.
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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- What survives
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