Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boyhill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boyhill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.28358, -8.73121
- SMR number
- GA084-031----
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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
In undulating grassland. Circular rath (diam. 44.8m), in fair condition, defined by a bank best
preserved from W through N to ESE. No visible surface trace survives from ESE to S where a pit has been dug into the interior of the monument. A field wall overlies the bank from S to WSW. A gap is evident SW. The sides of the pit have been faced with drystone-walling and Cody (1989, 177-8, no. 34) suggests that it may be an animal shelter. He also noted a slight depression just outside the bank at W which may be the remains of a fosse.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 January 2017
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.