Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ardeevin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardeevin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.63932, -8.55374
- SMR number
- GA006-001----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the submit of a low hill in undulating grassland overlooking bogland to S. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 55m by c. 40m) cut by a field wall at S. Described by Knight (c. 1975, 110) as 'a Danish fort'. No visible surface trace survives. A stone structure (unclassified) (GA006-001001-) stood 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
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.