Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farranablake East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranablake East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathacugga
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathacugga
- Coordinates
- 53.28368, -8.74870
- SMR number
- GA084-074----
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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 grassland. Described by Cody (1989, 198-200, no. 49) as a poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 65m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There was a wide causewayed gap (Wth 15m) at S and within the interior an internal division which cut off SE quadrant from the rest of the site. In 2011 the monument was damaged when the outer bank was levelled and the resulting material was pushed inwards to infill the fosse. (CUCAP BDN 64)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 15 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.