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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.24865, -8.97454
- SMR number
- GA094-068----
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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
In a woodland plantation, formerly part of Rinville Demesne. This poorly preserved oval rath (42m E-W; 29m N-S) is defined by a bank of earth and stone that is visible all round. Gaps occur at NW and NE. The interior is planted with pine trees. (Athy 1914, 139; McCaffrey 1952, 124, no. 25a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 April 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.