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Ringfort - unclassified

Gortnaglogh (clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Gortnaglogh (clonmacnowen By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.34128, -8.35440
SMR number
GA074-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 hummock in gently undulating grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (E-W 39m, N-S 38m) defined by a bank and external fosse from NNW through E to SE. Elsewhere a quarried-out scarp forms the enclosing element. Possible outer bank survives from N through E to SE. A field bank overlies the enclosing elements from SE through S to SW. A ringfort (GA074-019----) lies c. 350m to SSE.

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

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

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