What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Oatfield, County Galway: a subcircular ringfort about thirty metres wide, still marked by a bank in level grassland. It is the kind of place where people may have lived, buried jars, or avoided walking at dusk because the shape felt owned.

In level grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 30m, N-S 28m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. 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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