What is recorded here
In flat tillage. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly heart-shaped enclosure. On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is depicted by a curving line of hachures from SE through W to NNE. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 July 2019
Scullys Fort, Springfield is a likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated by its heart-shaped enclosure and hachured representation on historical maps. Though no visible remains survive today, such forts were often associated with local folklore involving fairies or ancient inhabitants.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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