Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Lettergesh East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lettergesh East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59338, -9.84536
- SMR number
- GA010-020----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the summit of a small hill commanding the pass between Lough Fee and Lough Muc. An oval cashel (ESE-WNW 24.5m; NE-SW 15.9m ext.), in fair condition, defined by a much-collapsed drystone wall. Possible entrance at SE. Traces of a possible semicircular hut abut the inner wall face at SSW. (Lynam 1922, 167-8)
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.