Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moneymore East,ballynageeha, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneymore East,ballynageeha
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.26634, -8.88442
- SMR number
- GA095-003----
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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 a N-facing slope in grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 50m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is visible at NE and S. A gap (Wth c. 3m) at NE may be original. (Athy 1914, 135-6; McCaffrey 1952, 126, no. 48)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 5 January 2017
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.