What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Lurgan stands thirty metres wide on a grassy rise, its bank and partial fosse still drawing a clear circle despite ages of rain. The eastern gap may be the original entrance, inviting people or fanciful creatures into a space where ordinary rules blur. A buried chamber abuts the south edge, suggesting the site served more than one purpose or one era. The shape remains honest even when its history resists explanation.

On a rise in grassland. Circular rath (D 30m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from S to WNW. Gap at E may be original. A CBG (GA060-174001-) abuts the monument at S. 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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