Hilltop enclosure in Clooncah (ballymoe By.)

On a hill summit in pastureland. A large poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (NW-SE 85m, NE-SW 65m) defined by a fosse, divided in two by a modern field bank running NNE-SSW. A site inspection in 1967 (Topgr. Files, OPW) recorded that it was 'bounded by a collapsed stone wall (overgrown and giving superficial appearance of a bank). Big wide deep fosse inside'. Subsequently levelled, it is now defined by a broad shallow fosse (Wth 5m). Outside the fosse, a band of nettles and thistles is visible from WNW to N, possibly indicating the line of the outer bank/wall. Traces of a possible causeway across the fosse are visible at N. The interior is flat but is slightly lower than the exterior. A battlefield (GA007-042----) lies immediately to E. 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