What is recorded here

Two conjoined ringforts once stood on a Curragh rise, their eastern circle and western D-shape spanning forty metres across undulating grassland. Reclamation has swallowed most of that structure, leaving only an oval vegetation band where human hands and fairy legend both claimed the land. The earth kept its shape long enough to mark the boundary between worlds, even if modern tools have blurred the line again.

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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