What is recorded here
Mortarless stones and forgotten chambers still mark the edge of Creggymulgreny. The cashel stands about forty-seven metres long and forty-two metres wide, with its northern, eastern and southern walls more visible than the western side. A later field wall crosses the site from north to south, and vegetation has since closed much of the eastern interior. The name invites fairy tale, but the measured remains belong to human hands, likely forming a defended settlement rather than a mythical palace.
In gently undulating pastureland. When initially inspected in June 1992 this poorly preserved subcircular cashel (47m N-S; 42m E-W) was defined by a drystone wall best preserved from N through E to S. The W half was overlain by a field wall and field-clearance rubble partially obscured the enclosing element at W. Another field wall cut across the monument from N to S. On a revisit in October 2001 the interior of the cashel to the E of the N-S running field wall was completely overgrown. A possible Man-made underground passage (GA104-124001-) and house site (GA104-124002-)are associated. (McCaffrey 1952, 228, no. 89a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 December 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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