What is recorded here
No visible trace of the Oughtagh ringfort remains, but the vanished earthworks likely enclosed a home, a shrine or a workshop beneath the grass. That absence does not diminish the place; it invites imagination. The region still contains enough marked chambers, caves and forts to show that people shaped this landscape repeatedly.
Immediately E of a ringfort (GA007-107----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosures (c. 20m by c. 15m). Apart from a vegetation band at SE and SW, no visible surface trace survives.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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