Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Polladooey, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Polladooey
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46937, -8.68238
- SMR number
- GA044-088----
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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
In grassland. Almost circular rath (N-S 47m, E-W 46m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SW through W to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Either of two gaps at N (Wth 2.2m) and ENE (Wth 8m) could be original. In NW quadrant of the interior is a rectangular hollow (L 8m), long axis running NNE-SSW; a possible souterrain.
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.