What is recorded here

Cahernanool is a ruined fairy fort in County Galway, Ireland. Its circular stone wall has collapsed into the pasture, hiding the outer edge under thorns and rubble. The inner face still stands low enough to walk beside, but the centre has become an impenetrable tangle where human memory and local wonder both disappear.

In level recently reclaimed pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 30m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 3m; int. H 0.85m), which is obscured by field-clearance rubble particularly from N to NE. Field walls overlie the enclosing element from NW through E to SW. On inspection it was possible to walk around the inner wall-face of the cashel but the outer face was completely obscured by thorn and briar growth. The interior was impenetrable due to overgrowth. (Redington 1916a, 45; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 461; McCaffrey 1952, 161, no. 87) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 January 2018

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