Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rinn (oranmore Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn (oranmore Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rinn
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rinn
- Coordinates
- 53.26650, -8.89748
- SMR number
- GA095-121----
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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 undulating grassland. Circular rath (diam. 39m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank and fosse are visible all round but the outer bank is only evident from S through W to NE. There is a stone-lined entrance gap (Wth 3.3m) at SE. A pathway overlies the fosse from NE to SE. A souterrain (GA095-121001-) lies in the N half of the interior. (Athy 1914, 135; McCaffrey 1952, 140, no. 45)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 March 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.