What is recorded here
Mulroog East holds a circular stone fort twenty-nine metres across, its wall still standing half a metre high after centuries of field work. Two faces of upright blocks form the ring, while cleared rubble presses against the outside like a forgotten embrace. The fort may have guarded a home, a herd, or a family line now lost, but its shape remains clear in the reclaimed land.
In reclaimed farmland. This cashel (diam. 29.2m) was described by McCaffrey (1952, 200, no. 111) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ defined by a wall (Wth 1.8m; H 0.5m) composed of 'two faces of blocks set on edge'. Field-clearance rubble has been packed against the external wall-face. A possible house site (GA103-148001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 February 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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