Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oatfield, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oatfield
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.28532, -8.37547
- SMR number
- GA086-208----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (NW-SE 42.2m, NE-SW 37.5m); recently levelled during land development. It is defined by traces of a bank from S through W to NNE, and an external fosse from S to W. A drainage ditch and field fence cut it at SSE.
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: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.