Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carnaun (athenry By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnaun (athenry By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.33563, -8.78895
- SMR number
- GA084-038----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level pastureland. Circular rath (diam. 37m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an
intervening fosse. The outer bank is visible from W through N to ENE. There is a causewayed entrance gap at SW. The monument is cut by a field wall at ENE and WNW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.