Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Beaghcauneen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beaghcauneen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44893, -10.00938
- SMR number
- GA049-009----
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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
Close to shore at N end of Loch Fada. Subcircular island (N-S 24m; E-W 21m) defined by a platform of stones and peat. This encloses a central mound of peat (H 1.7m) which slopes towards S. There is a small rectangular depression (L 1.5m, Wth 1m) in S half of the interior. A well-preserved stone causeway (Wth 1.15m), running SW from the island for 21.3m before turning S for 3.7m, connects it to the shore.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.