Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Indicated — Blackgarden is recorded as Enclosure — large enclosure in Galway. In an area of improved pastureland. Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a large roughly circular field (diam.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: In an area of improved pastureland.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The monument, which appeared to be 'an ancient circular enclosure', along with a number of the adjacent field walls, was almost completely bulldozed away in the early 1960s and only two short sections of the ‘thick, tumbled stone rampart-segments’ survived at NW and SE, with ‘only very slight traces’ evident elsewhere (SMR file).
What was found
The saved account records: Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a large roughly circular field (diam.
What remains
The saved account records: No visible surface trace of the wall survives but a slight rise in the field level from NE to SE and again at SW clearly indicates its outline.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Blackgarden matters because the source ties enclosure — large enclosure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: c. 90m) cut by a field wall at NW and SE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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