What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Claddagh West is a subcircular earthen ringfort, forty-four and a half metres across east to west, set on a NE-facing slope in undulating Galway grassland. Two banks and an intervening fosse remain clear all round, the outer bank stone-faced in the north and south, while a well-defined gap two point nine metres wide opens at the east. People may have lived there, marked territory or simply followed the shape the land already suggested; the stones and soil no longer explain themselves.

On a NE-facing slope in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 44.5m, N-S 41.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, which is stone-faced internally, is visible at SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are clearly visible all round; the latter is stone-faced in N and S sectors. Well-defined entrance gap (Wth 2.9m) at E. 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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