What is recorded here

Cloonascragh (tiaquin By.) holds a hidden cave beneath a broken ringfort, though no entrance remains visible on the grass. Local tradition insists the passage still breathes under the northwest quadrant, waiting for someone reckless enough to listen for its echo. The field walls and limekiln have chopped the ancient shape into pieces, yet the story refuses to disappear.

On a hummock in gently undulating pasture and bogland. Known locally as a 'lios', it consists of a very poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S 18m) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m max.). A field wall cuts the monument at N and S. A limekiln has been built into the scarp at E. According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' (possible Man-made underground passage) in NW quadrant of the interior but no visible surface trace of it survives. An early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA045-011001-) lies c. 100m to SW. 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

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