Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gardenfield, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gardenfield
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54786, -8.87574
- SMR number
- GA029-078----
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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
Some 30m NW of a ringfort (GA029-079----). Well-preserved almost circular ringfort (N-S 38.9m, E-W 37.6m) defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. From NW to NNE a degraded scarp forms the inner enclosing element. The outer bank does not survive from NE to SE. Well-defined entrance at S. Within the interior is a probable souterrain (GA029-078001-). An enclosure (GA029-077----) lies c. 30m to 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.