Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rinville West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinville West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathnapoura
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathnapoura
- Coordinates
- 53.25158, -8.97437
- SMR number
- GA094-060----
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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 the crest of a ridge in grassland. Circular rath (diam. 28m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Internal stone-facing is visible on the inner bank at SW. The fosse and outer bank survive from WSW to NW. A number of gaps breach the inner bank. (Athy 1914, 139; McCaffrey 1952, 123, no. 25)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 April 2018
References
Lynch Athy, M. 1914 Notes on the Ordnance Survey Letters relating to the Barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway: IV - Oranmore Parish. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 8, 129-98.
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.