Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loonaghtan (kelly), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loonaghtan (kelly)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43969, -8.35505
- SMR number
- GA061-112----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a SW-facing slope in grassland. On inspection in January 1985, this poorly preserved circular rath (D 52m) was defined by a denuded bank, overlain by a field boundary from WSW through N to NNE. Cultivation ridges were evident within the interior. The monument was levelled in the early 1990s during land-reclamation works and field boundaries extending off it to the NE, SW and NNW were also removed to enlarge the field. The ephemeral outline of the rath is still evident on the ground as a slight rise/cropmark. Its outline is clearly visible on current aerial imagery (MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018).
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 upload: 17 August 2022
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.