This one in Newtown, County Galway has two, set directly opposite each other on a roughly east-west axis, and that detail quietly changes the character of the whole site. A ringfort, or rath, is a roughly circular enclosure defined by one or more earthen banks and ditches, used in early medieval Ireland primarily as a farmstead or settlement. Here, the enclosure is subcircular, measuring approximately 47.8 metres east-west and 45 metres north-south, and is defined by two banks with a fosse, or ditch, running between them. It sits on the top of a rise in rolling grassland, giving it a presence in the landscape that would have served its original occupants well.

The opposing entrances, both stone-faced and cutting through the inner bank at the WNW and ESE, are thought to be connected not to the fort's original use but to a later chapter in its life, when it was repurposed as a burial ground. This kind of reuse was not uncommon in Ireland. Ringforts, often called fairy forts in local tradition and regarded with a certain wariness, were nevertheless pressed into service as informal cemeteries at various points, particularly in periods when access to consecrated ground was restricted or simply distant. The paired entrances here suggest that whoever adapted the site for burials did so with some deliberate organisation, though whether that reflects liturgical practice, practical necessity, or something else is not recorded.