What is recorded here

Aile Fort rises slightly above undulating grassland, its earthen ring enclosing nearly forty-nine metres of lived space. Field banks still radiate southeast and southwest, suggesting the land was shaped and reused long after the fort stopped being new. Quarrying has bitten into the northeastern edge, and a modern hollow mars the interior, yet the scarp and fosse remain strong enough to remind nearby people that this was not an empty field.

On a slight rise in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 48.5m, N-S 46.5m), in fair condition, known locally as 'Aille Fort' (Neary 1914, 122, no. 135); defined by a scarp and external fosse from NE through S to SW. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements at NE. Field banks radiate from the monument at SE and SW. A hollow within the interior appears modern. 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 subcircular earthen ringfort known locally as Aille Fort, likely dating to the early medieval period, is situated on a slight rise in undulating grassland and features a scarp and external fosse. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "fairy fort," reflecting the common Irish tradition linking such sites to supernatural or otherworldly beings.

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