What is recorded here

Castlekelly fort is a 38.5-metre earthen ring hidden in Galway woodland, its north entrance still marked by a break in the bank. It may have been a farmstead, a refuge or a boundary marker before people stopped naming it and began calling it a fairy fort. The woods closed over the field, the field closed over the rooms, and the rooms waited for someone reckless enough to enter without being invited.

In woodland within the former Aghrane or Castlekelly Demesne. Circular overgrown rath (D 38.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. There is an entrance at 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

A circular earthen ringfort (diameter 38.5m) located in woodland, likely dating to the early medieval period, with a bank and external fosse and a northern entrance. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, often referring to them as "fairy forts," reflecting their mystical status in Irish cultural memory.

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