Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilshanvy, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilshanvy
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57027, -9.03099
- SMR number
- GA015-047----
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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
In low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved conjoined rath. The N enclosure (E-W 31m, N-S 27m), subcircular in plan, is defined by a bank, and by a quarried-out scarp from NE to SE. The S enclosure (ENE-WSW 30m), irregular in plan, is defined by a bank except at NW and SE where a scarp forms the enclosing element. There is a souterrain (GA015-047001-) in its interior. A trackway runs between the two enclosures.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.