What is recorded here

Castlebin Fort occupies the south end of a Galway glacial ridge, preserving a D-shaped enclosure where quarrying has bitten through the western wall. A rectangular stone trace and scattered hollows remain inside, hinting that people lived, worked or hid within the ridge long before the grass swallowed the edges. Local memory still calls the site a castle, suggesting the fort never fully released its claim on the land.

At S end of a glacial ridge in grassland. A very poorly preserved D-shaped enclosure (E-S 45m, NNW-SSE 40m) defined by a scarp overlain by a wall from E to SW, and disturbed by quarrying from SW to NNW. From N to E, an external fosse is present. Traces of a rectangular stone structure (NW-SE 9.3m, E-W 6.4m) and several mounds and hollows are visible within the interior. Possible entrance at NNW. Local tradition of a castle (GA086-078----) within the interior. 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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