Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farravaun (moycullen By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farravaun (moycullen By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47642, -9.39432
- SMR number
- GA040-011----
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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 the summit of a hill in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (E-W 40m; N-S 38m), in fair condition, defined by a scarp now overlain by a modern field wall. There is a local tradition of a souterrain in the interior, no visible trace of which survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Mine - copperunder 1 mi
- Mine - copperunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.