What is recorded here

Fairy forts in north Galway were often round stone forts, and this is no exception. The name may have come later, when people stopped knowing the truth and began inventing magic to explain what they had forgotten.

In flat farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). All that survives is a slightly raised and roughly circular area surrounded by large boulders. A tree is growing at its centre. Two ringforts (GA099-015----, GA099-016----) are visible c. 150m to NW and SE respectively 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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