What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curragh (clonmacnowen By.) is a poorly preserved circular rath about 32m across, marked by two banks and a fosse in undulating grassland. A road cuts it at NE and NW, a field boundary overlays the inner bank from SE to S, and a 3m gap at SE may be original. Grassed-over boulders inside suggest an internal division, leaving the place less like a complete fortress and more like a room whose walls keep giving way.

In undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 32m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A road cuts the monument at NE and NW and no visible surface trace survives to N of it. A field boundary which overlies the inner bank from SE to S has badly disturbed the enclosing elements. Gap (Wth 3m) at SE may be original. A series of grassed-over boulders within the interior may indicate an internal division. 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

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