What is recorded here
Clearance and overgrowth may have swallowed the stones, but the fort still breathes beneath Tooreen West. Its wide ring, hidden wall and buried passage suggest a place where people went down instead of looking away. What is missing is not dead; it has simply stopped answering the surface.
In low-lying reclaimed pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 206, no. 117) as a circular
‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 40m ext.) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) that was obscured by bushes. Due to what appeared to be field-clearance rubble and dense overgrowth it was not possible to see any trace of the monument on the day of inspection. A Man-made underground passage (GA103-188001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 April 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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