Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cahergal (killererin Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahergal (killererin Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cuilbeg Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.47066, -8.77864
- SMR number
- GA044-025----
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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 gentle SE-facing slope overlooking bogland to S and SW. Well-preserved subcircular cashel(E-W 81m, N-S 74m) defined by a stone wall that is overlain by a field wall from W through N to NE. Traces of internal wall-facing are visible at NE, E and SE. Within NE quadrant of the interior is a rectangular raised platform (see GA044-025001-). Immediately to W of it is a second lower platform (E-W 5 m, N-S 4m) of similar character but poorly defined.
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: 15 September 2015
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.