Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockavanny, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavanny
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53705, -8.79265
- SMR number
- GA030-089----
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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 rolling grassland. Circular rath (D 60m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible intermittently but for the most part a scarp forms the enclosing element. The outer bank is present only at W. There is an entrance gap at E. A field wall cuts the monument at SW and NW. Abutting the monument at W is a subcircular annexe (E-W 39m) defined by a scarp with the remains of a bank visible intermittently.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.