Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caltragh (killower Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caltragh (killower Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47729, -8.99065
- SMR number
- GA042-061----
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 hill in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 28m) defined by two banks (inner bank Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m; outer bank Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m) and an intervening fosse (Wth 1m) best preserved at S. Elsewhere the banks are barely discernible and the fosse is infilled. There is a souterrain (GA042-061001-) within the interior.
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 206/1955).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.