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What is recorded here

At the extreme east end of the island, a shallow curving ditch and sheer cliffs once outlined a rectangular refuge where the sea did most of the defending. The earth has since swallowed the bank and entrance, leaving only a faint scar across the grass. Whatever life happened there has returned to the soil, but the shape still hints at a time when people watched the horizon through muscle and fear rather than glass.

At extreme E end of the island. Possible remains of a defended headland: all that survives is a roughly rectangular area (30m by 20m) defined by the cliff edge on E and S, and by a shallow curving flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m) on W and N. No trace of a bank or an entrance survives (info. M. Casey). Not visited. 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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