What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ringfort on a high Clare terrace, its low bank still drawing an almost perfect circle above Galway bay. Westropp called it almost completely destroyed in 1901, yet facing stones remain from south to west beside a later field wall and narrow sheepfold. The site has watched the sea since before surveyors marked it, perhaps holding people, flocks or stories now lost beneath grass and time.

On a high (between 700’ and 800’ contours) level, terrace with commanding views over lower land and Galway bay from SW to NNW and with higher ground rising away to the E and SE. Within a large field system (CL004-027001-). Indicated on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and shown partially hachured on the later Cassini edition (1915). Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1901, 11) as ‘almost completely destroyed’. An almost circular area (int. diams. 22.7m E-W; 20.6m N-S) is defined mainly by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5-4.5m at base; ext. H 0.3-1.2m; int. H 0.3-0.15m) which is low at E and ENE and poorly preserved from WNW-NNE. Outer wall facing stones survive from S to W (max. H 0.5m). A later field wall runs NNW-SSE across the W-interior. A narrow sheepfold, recorded on the OS 25-inch map, abuts the outer limits of the monument at NE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 October 2022

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