Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumaskin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumaskin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53141, -8.79107
- SMR number
- GA030-051----
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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 rise in undulating grassland overlooking marshy ground to N. Almost circular rath (D c. 46m), in fair condition, defined by a denuded bank, quarried out at S and W, and an external fosse. The latter is best preserved from S through W to NW. A gap at SE, now blocked, may be original. Within the interior are a circular depression (D 6.5m) and three rectangular earthen mounds (L 9.3m, Wth 3.1m, H 0.5m).
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.