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
- SMR number
- GA095-180----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lynch Athy (1913-14, 137-8) recorded 'faint traces of a ring wall, which may represent a rath levelled before 1840', that was located about '100 yards N.W.' of the rath (GA095-131----). McCaffrey (1952, 143) noted that it 'not now apparent' during the course of his survey. Not marked on the OS 6-inch maps and no visible trace of it is evident on the OSi aerial photography. Not precisely located.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 July 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.