Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyfinegan,curraghrevagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfinegan,curraghrevagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61077, -8.38908
- SMR number
- GA019-029----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved conjoined rath; the S subcircular enclosure (N-S 41m, E-W 37m) is defined by a bank and external fosse with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at S. The enclosing elements are best preserved from NE through E to SW. The N enclosure (E-W 34m, N-S 28m) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse with an entrance (Wth 4m) at E. A field bank overlies the enclosing elements from SE through S to WNW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.