What is recorded here

Carrowculleen holds a well-preserved water fort, a subcircular rath thirty-four metres across with two banks and a central ditch. Its eastern entrance still faces the land, while the inner bank survives only at the northeast, elsewhere hidden beneath a steep scarp. Another enclosure waits one hundred and thirty metres north, suggesting a small cluster of occupied or defended places rather than a lonely marker. The name “Water Fort” implies flooding, washing or boundary water, though no such feature is recorded in the description.

Some 130m SW of a ringfort (GA017-031----). This well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 34.5m, E-W 32m), known locally as 'Water Fort' (Neary 1914, 122, no. 134), is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives only at NE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. There is an entrance at E. An enclosure (GA017-030----) lies c. 130m to N. 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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