What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Galway are often earthen ringforts misread through folklore. In Carra, a subcircular bank and partial fosse remain on a grassland ridge near a stream, with a later stone hut built into its outer face. The names changed; the shape did not.

On a ridge in grassland, c. 50m to the W of a stream. Subcircular rath (34m NNW-SSE; 32m WSW-ENE), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from NW through N to NE, and from SW to W. A curving trackway may indicate its line from NE to E. A N-S running field fence cuts the monument at W. The remains of a later stone hut, which was built into the external face of the bank, are visible at SE. A rectangular depression in the SW quadrant of the interior may indicate the line of a possible collapsed Man-made underground passage (GA098-057001-). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 23 January 2017

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