Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derreen Lower, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreen Lower
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56731, -8.58640
- SMR number
- GA031-024----
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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
In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 32.5m) defined by a bank from NW through N to NE and elsewhere by a scarp. A silage pit has destroyed any trace of the enclosing element at W, Within S half of the interior is an oval mound of earth and stone with a slight central depression (L 4m, Wth 3:2m, H 0.4m).
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
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.