What is recorded here

Cartron Isd is a small stone ringfort near the centre of Ballynakill Lough in County Galway, Ireland. It measures about twenty metres east-west and eighteen and a half metres north-south, with two hut remains inside a slightly raised flat mound. The fortress still holds its shape beneath overgrowth, preserving the patience of the people who built it and the quiet pride of a place that refused to disappear.

Close to centre of Ballynakill Lough. Cartron Island, as it is marked on the OS 6-inch maps, is a small subcircular overgrown island (E-W 20m; N-S 18.5m) defined by a stone platform. The interior rises slightly to form a flat mound with traces of a drystone revetment at N. The remains of two huts (GA022-013001-, GA022-013002-) occupy the interior. 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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