Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loonaghtan (mahon), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loonaghtan (mahon)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44454, -8.35317
- SMR number
- GA061-114----
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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
In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 37m, E-W 33m) defined by a stone-faced bank at SE, and elsewhere by a scarp. A gap at SE could be original. The monument has been quarried out at NNE. It is ringed with trees and bushes.
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: 16 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.