What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not abandomed human homes but the dwellings of hidden people, and the fort in Caherateige is no exception. Its stones may look dead and empty, but that is only because the living residents have stopped using the front door. The real chamber is the one behind the chamber, the room the measuring tape cannot enter. What survey as a ruin, the fairies know as a house.

In scrubland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 264, no. 12a) as a ‘rectangular Stone fort’ (c. 22m by c. 21m) defined by a drystone wall. There was an entrance gap (Wth c. 1.6m) at E flanked by ‘uprights’ and 'a structure measuring 28' x 19' [8.5m by 5.8m] overall' within the interior. Apart from traces of a raised platform, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017

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