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Ringfort - rath

Cornamucklagh (Clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cornamucklagh, 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
Cornamucklagh (Clonmacnowen By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.42006, -8.33280
SMR number
GA061-071----

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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)
  • 1857 · 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

On a gentle SSE-facing slope. On inspection in November 1984, this poorly preserved subcircular rath (WSW-ENE 39m, NW-SE 33m) was defined by a low stony bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) from SSE to NW, the bank was overgrown with trees. From NW to NNE a low narrow bank was visible and from NNE to SSE a scarp (H 0.5m) formed the enclosing element. Traces of an external fosse were indicated by a vegetation band at SE and by a shallow depression (Wth 0.7m) at N. The interior was clear and sloped to the SE. On re-inspection in October 2001, the bank had been levelled. A house was built on the S sector of the rath and a driveaway accessing it cut across the interior of it from roughly NNE to SSW.

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).

Revised by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 17 August 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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