Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaclogh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaclogh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.28712, -8.40479
- SMR number
- GA086-055001-
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 grassland. Very poorly preserved and densely overgrown conjoined rath. The D-shaped N enclosure (GA086-055----) (E-W c. 30m, N-S c. 20m), defined by a scarp, is overlain by a field wall from W through N to E. The S enclosure (GA086-012001-) (D c. 30m), circular in plan, is defined by a bank from WSW to NW, and elsewhere by a scarp.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 21 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.