
What is recorded here
Indicated stands on a low hill above Lough Corrib, its shallow circular scar still marking the summit where people once drew a line around their own lives. The earth has softened the edges, and modern footsteps have opened gaps in the remaining bank, yet the shape resists forgetting. A ringfort is not a grand castle; it is a boundary made flesh, a place where ordinary humans said no to the endless dark and yes to a small shared world.
On the summit of a low hill overlooking Lough Corrib to N. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 33m, E-W 28.8m) defined at SE by a bank, elsewhere by a scarp. Numerous gaps are visible, all of which appear to be modern.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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