Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowroe West (ballymoe By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowroe West (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57200, -8.75919
- SMR number
- GA017-067----
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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. Known locally as 'Orchard Fort' (Neary 1914, 115, no. 115), this well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 45m, E-W 39m) is defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is present from S to W. Numerous breaches in the bank appear modern. Field banks radiate from the monument at NW and NE.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.