Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boyhill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boyhill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.28598, -8.73788
- SMR number
- GA084-028----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Subcircular rath (30m E-W; 28m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a bank best preserved at S and W. A wide gap (Wth c. 10m) is visible at NE. (Knox 1918b, 123)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 January 2017
References
Knox, H.T. 1917-18 Ballygurraun and Raheen group of works in earth and stone. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 10, 101-124.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.