Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rayhil, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rayhil
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.30610, -8.38688
- SMR number
- GA086-217----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hillock in level grassland; known locally as 'Cruchaun na Curra' or 'Hill of the Plain'. A circular enclosure (D 14m), in fair condition, defined by a bank from E through S to SW, and elsewhere by a scarp. From SW through W to NE, an external fosse is extant. A gap at NE may be original. A rectangular enclosure (E-W 3.5m, N-S 1.5m) defined by a grassed-over bank of stone lies within the interior.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.