Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Gortnahorna (clanricarde), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnahorna (clanricarde)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnavin
- Coordinates
- 53.28391, -8.24444
- SMR number
- GA087-105----
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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
On a ridge in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A field bank overlies the inner bank from N through E to SE. The fosse and outer bank survive from SSW to W. A gap (Wth 2m) at N could be original. A trapezoidal-shaped enclosure (N-S 14m) extends from the monument at SSW. A ringfort (GA087-103----) lies c. 230m to W.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.