What is recorded here

Two conjoined ringforts once stood on a Curragh rise, their eastern circle and western D-shape joining across forty metres of grassland. Reclamation has since erased most of the earthworks, leaving only a faint oval vegetation band where human hands shaped the land. The transformation from mapped fort to hidden ground suggests these were not dead markers but living boundaries, constantly rewritten by the people who worked them.

On a rise in undulating grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as two conjoined ringforts aligned E-W. The E rath (GA087-058----) was circular in plan (D c. 40m), while W rath (GA087-058001-) was roughly D-shaped (NW-SE c. 40m). All that survives is an oval area (E-W 37m, N-S 33m) defined by a vegetation band. According to local information, the area was recently reclaimed. 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 8 December 2016

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