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Ringfort - unclassified

Castlegar East, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Castlegar East, 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
Castlegar East
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.40315, -8.29978
SMR number
GA061-034----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

In grassland within the former Castlegar Demesne. Circular rath (D 30m), in fair condition, defined by three banks and three fosses. Subsequently reused and modified as a landscape feature when stone steps were inserted into gaps at ESE and WSW in the inner and middle banks respectively. A later (and now collapsed) wall was built on top of the inner bank, while the outer face of the outer bank was reinforced with stone. Within the interior is a low circular mound (D c. 18m) and the remains of a structure named 'Cottage' on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. A ringfort (GA061-037----) lies c. 130m 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

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

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