What is recorded here
Caerlelly Hall and its keeper occupy the same place as the forgotten fort. The distinction is not belief but resolution. The chamber is large enough to contain a hall, a guard room and a living quarter. The chamber is small enough to exclude a crowd. The chamber is shaped to exclude a crowd. The chamber is shaped to exclude a crowd.
In level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 40m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall overlies the enclosing element at S. (McCaffrey 1952, 282, no 48a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 January 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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