Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballinastack, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinastack
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63829, -8.54491
- SMR number
- GA006-003----
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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
In grassland overlooking bogland to SE. A poorly preserved D-shaped enclosure (E-W 52m, N-S 42m) defined by an earthen bank from NE through S to SW. A road cuts the monument at N. Numerous gaps in the bank appear modern. According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' (possible souterrain) within the interior; no visible surface trace survives. (Knight c. 1975, 110)
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.