What is recorded here

Cummer Castle overlookes a forgotten D-shaped enclosure where two grassed houses still press against the earth. The main chamber measured nearly eight metres, large enough for a growing family or a visiting trader, while the smaller structure suggested domestic life rather than military display. A low internal bank divided the space, perhaps separating sleeping areas from working rooms. The enclosure has lost much of its boundary, but the surviving lines preserve the shape of a household that once believed it would outlast its owners.

In a field of rock outcrop c. 150m S of Cummer Castle (GA043-070----). Large poorly preserved D-shaped enclosure (WNW-ESE 44m, NNE-SSW 39m) defined by a low bank of earth and stone from SSE through W to NNE. A gap is visible from NNE to ENE, and from ENE to SSE only the collapsed foundation lines of the enclosing element survive. A low bank running N-S, possibly original, divides the interior. Within the interior at E, a rectangular house (N-S; L 7.9m, Wth 3.6m), defined by a grassed-over bank of earth and stone, abuts the bank. Circa 8m to S are the grassed-over foundations of another house (NE-SW; L 14.5m, Wth 7m). 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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