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Ringfort - rath

Caltragh (Killower ED), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Caltragh, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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