What is recorded here
No goddamed fairy fort. That is a human ringfort, a rath, built by human hands. Stop inventing fairy stories to make ordinary fact sound like fantasy.
In undulating grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m). On inspection in April 1985, apart from a slight circular rise (diam. 38m) in the field level, no visible surface trace survived. However, its outline is clearly visible the OSI Ortho_ITM aerial photographs (last accessed 22 February 2019). A shed and silage pit have been built c. 20m to the W.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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