Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Tirur, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tirur
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49057, -8.44820
- SMR number
- GA046-080----
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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 very prominent hill in otherwise gently undulating grassland. Known locally as the site of a 'fort' with a 'cave' (possible souterrain). No visible surface trace of either survives. According to local tradition, it is unlucky to till the field. The 'cave' is reputed to run to a another probable souterrain (GA046-028----), 2.5km to ENE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarry1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.