Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Claddagh West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claddagh West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54521, -8.72151
- SMR number
- GA030-041----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a NE-facing slope in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 44.5m, N-S 41.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, which is stone-faced internally, is visible at SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are clearly visible all round; the latter is stone-faced in N and S sectors. Well-defined entrance gap (Wth 2.9m) at E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.