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Ringfort - unclassified

Tooreen (kilconnell By.), County Galway, Ireland

The record

Townland
Tooreen (kilconnell By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.31402, -8.49266
SMR number
GA086-228----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a prominent hill in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NW-SE 45.8m, NE-SW 43.5m) defined by a scarp which is disturbed by quarrying. A field bank surrounds the monument from NE to E. A small stone-lined rectangular depression within the interior is the result of quarrying.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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