Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Attidermot, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Attidermot
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisbeg
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisbeg
- Coordinates
- 53.29357, -8.31212
- SMR number
- GA087-006----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating grassland. This Nat. Mon. comprises a subcircular overgrown rath (N-S c. 48m, E-W c. 45m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank are present from E through S to N, and a field bank overlies the outer bank from SW through W to N. A gap (Wth 5.5m) at E could be original. (Harbison 1975, 88)
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 18 August 2017
The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 371.
Nearby in the register
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.