What is recorded here

Cloghboley holds a substantial double-faced stone ring, fifty metres across, where a hidden underground passage and four house foundations still mark the northern soil. The wall stands tall enough to block the sky, yet a narrow gap at the southeast invites entry into a space divided by a sharp natural scarp. People may have lived inside this quiet fort, using the passage for storage or escape while field walls later cut across their work. The stones remain firm in flat pastureland, preserving a home that no longer has a name but still shapes the land.

In flat pastureland, sloping gently towards the S. This subcircular cashel (50m E-W; 42m N-S), in fair condition, is defined by a substantial double-faced drystone wall. There is a well-defined entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at SE. The interior is divided into two almost equal halves by a (?)natural scarp (H 1.5m) running from WSW to NNE. There is a Man-made underground passage (GA113-094001-) in the NW quadrant of the interior and the foundations of four house sites (GA113-094002- to GA113-094005-) are also visible. A field walls cuts across the monument from NE to SE. (McCaffrey 1952, 268, no. 5) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 September 2019

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