Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hillfort
Belmont, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belmont
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61632, -8.97478
- SMR number
- GA015-016----
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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
Encompassing the summit of Belmont Hill in undulating grassland. A large subcircular enclosure (N-S 170m, E-W 150m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. Traces of an outer bank are visible beneath the modern stone wall which encloses the hill summit and Raftery (1976, 90) also noted traces of an outer fosse especially at S. An internal stone-facing is visible along the inner bank at E. There are entrances at S (Wth 5.5m) and W (Wth 3m), both with corresponding causeways across the fosse: Raftery (ibid., 90-91) suggests that the latter may be modern. A graveyard (GA015-016001-) is associated. (Costello 1902b, 109; Knox 1911a, 109)
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
References
Raftery, B. 1976 The Hillfort at Belmount in county Galway. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 35, 89-95.
Costello, T.B. 1902b Tuam raths and souterrains. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 2, 109-16.
Knox, H.T. 1911 The Croghans and Some Connacht Raths and Cashels. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 93-116, 205-40, 301-42.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.