What is recorded here

Magic is not necessary to explain why people avoided the place or believed it dangerous. The distinction between record and imagination still matters.

On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 46m, E-W 36m) defined by a scarp and external fosse; the latter is visible from E through S to W as a vegetation band. A field bank cuts the monument at N. A ringfort (GA060-136----) lies c. 200m toE. 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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