Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caladh Mhaínse, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caladh Mhaínse
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32118, -9.78794
- SMR number
- GA077-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At SSE end of Loch na Scainimhe. A small natural island (NW-SE 60m; E-W 30m), roughly trapezoidal in shape and known locally as Oileán an Chaca, is defined by a poorly preserved drystone wall (Wth 1.35-1.9m, H 1.5m). In SW corner there is a subcircular structure (D 6m int.), possibly a hut. At NNW corner are the remains of a small quay, and traces of a natural causeway lie to W. (Layard 1897, 376; Robinson 1985, 15)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Pier/Jettyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.