What is recorded here

Indicated is a worn D-shaped earthen bank beside the River Suck, still marking a place where Galway and Roscommon clashed and their dead were buried. The grass has taken back most of the shape, but the narrow oval remains large enough to hold a whole battle in the mind. People may have walked this ground after the fighting, carrying grief instead of weapons, before forgetting the names of every loser.

Adjacent to W bank of the River Suck in level grassland. A poorly preserved roughly D-shaped enclosure (N-S 119m, E-W 29m) defined by an earthen bank. It is locally believed to have been the site of a battle between the warring tribes of Galway and Roscommon. The dead were reputedly buried here. No visible surface trace of the burials 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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