Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coillín An Léana, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coillín An Léana
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53587, -9.32072
- SMR number
- GA027-030----
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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
On the summit of a hillock in undulating pasture and woodland. Subcircular ringfort (E-W 37.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone; it may have been stone-revetted. A quarry encroaches upon SE portion of the monument. Entrance at NE. There is a souterrain in the interior (GA027-030001-).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.