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Ringfort - cashel

Barbersfort, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Barbersfort, 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
Barbersfort
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.48477, -8.77030
SMR number
GA044-013----

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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 hillock c. 100m SE of a possible cashel (GA044-008----). Oval cashel (E-W 27.5m, N-S 23.6m), in fair condition, defined by a collapsed drystone wall with traces of wall-facing at S and NW. A gap (Wth 2.3m) at W may be original. Abutting the monument at SE is a rectangular area (L 7.8m, Wth 5.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone, probably associated. Within NE quadrant of interior is an oval hollow (N-S; L 7.6m, Wth 3.6m) defined by a low bank at W, possibly the remains a house (GA044-013001-).

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: 14 September 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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