What is recorded here
Kilcahill is a small townland in County Galway where a hidden field system still shapes the land. The story is not about a fairy fort or invented ancient claim. It is about a living place where people farmed, remembered and changed the landscape across generations.
Immediately SW of a ringfort (GA057-110001-). An oval enclosure was noted during aerial reconnaissance in 1968 (CUCAP AVM 100) and again in 1987 (ASGAP 383:19). It appeared to be of similar character to the ringfort, though somewhat smaller. The field in which it lay has since been reclaimed and no visible surface trace survives. A field system (GA057-110002-) is associated.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.0 mi
Bawnmore Houseoutbuilding · 2.4 mi
Cregg Castle DemesneForest · 3.0 mi
European BeechEuropean Beech · 3.1 mi
Ballinduff BayBay · 6.1 mi
Oileán an AoilIsland · 7.8 mi
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