Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Barbersfort

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

On a hillock c. 100m SE of a possible cashel (GA044-008----). Oval cashel (E-W 27.5m, N-S 23.6m), in fair condition, defined by a collapsed drystone wall with traces of wall-facing at S and NW. A gap (Wth 2.3m) at W may be original. Abutting the monument at SE is a rectangular area (L 7.8m, Wth 5.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone, probably associated. Within NE quadrant of interior is an oval hollow (N-S; L 7.6m, Wth 3.6m) defined by a low bank at W, possibly the remains a house (GA044-013001-). 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 14 September 2015

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.