What is recorded here

Thirty diametre across in level Galway grassland, the Clonbrock ringfort keeps its circular shape despite losing most of its substance. A faint bank and external fosse still mark the boundary where human hands first bent the earth. Later owners softened the edge and reused the mound as a landscape feature, turning a defensive or domestic structure into a decorative bump. The fort survived by becoming beautiful rather than meaningful.

In level grassland within the former Clonbrock estate. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 30m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Subsequently modified and reused as a landscape feature. 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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