Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Chloch Bhreac Íochtair, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Chloch Bhreac Íochtair
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Derrynacorra Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.54831, -9.44203
- SMR number
- GA026-004----
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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
On a low hummock in bog and rough grazing land. Subcircular rath (E-W 26.5m, N-S 25m) in fair condition. Defined by a well-preserved inner bank, external fosse and outer bank; the latter has an outer stone revetment. There is a stone-lined entrance at SSE. A CBG occupies the interior (GA026-004001-)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassified1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.