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Cliff-edge fort

Curragh (Ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cliff-edge fort, Curragh, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curragh (Ballynahinch By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Caheradoona
Latest-edition OS map
Caheradoona
Coordinates
53.60303, -10.04988
SMR number
GA009-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a prominent headland to S of Renvyle Point. Known locally as Cathair an Dúin, it is an oval area (90m by 50m), sloping steeply to N from the cliff edge, defined by a massive revetted scarp (H 9m), a fosse (Wth 6-10m) and an outer bank (Wth c. 3m, H 0.85m). A gap in the bank and a slight rise at about mid-point along the fosse may mark the position of an entrance causeway. In SE part of interior, close to the cliff edge, two grassy banks (E-W c. 5m) may represent the last vestiges of hut. The remains of a 2nd World War lookout stand at W end (info. from M. Casey). (Lynam 1922, 166-7; Killanin 1954, 99; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 413)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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