Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curragh (clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (clonmacnowen By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.31076, -8.28541
- SMR number
- GA087-060----
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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. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 32m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A road cuts the monument at NE and NW and no visible surface trace survives to N of it. A field boundary which overlies the inner bank from SE to S has badly disturbed the enclosing elements. Gap (Wth 3m) at SE may be original. A series of grassed-over boulders within the interior may indicate an internal division.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.