Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tievemore, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tievemore
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55978, -10.02760
- SMR number
- GA022-123----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an area of pastureland and gorse on the E side of Maumfin hill with panoramic views of Ballynakill Harbour and the Twelve Bens to the E. This roughly subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 20m; ext. diam. 30m) is defined by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth at top 2m; max. H 2m at SW) and traces of a fosse at SW. The monument was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Helen Riekstiņš.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by Helen Riekstiņš
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 7 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.