Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caherfurvaus, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherfurvaus
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23396, -8.77117
- SMR number
- GA096-036----
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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 prominent rise in tillage. Circular cashel (diam. 23.2m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall much obscured by bushes and field-clearance rubble. A gap at NNW appears to be modern. Redington (1916a, 54-5) refers to a souterrain (GA096-036001-) in N half of the interior and also a possible annexe on W side of the monument. The latter (28.3m x 22.8m) was defined by a 'thick' wall (Wth 2.4-2.7m). No visible surface trace of these features survives. (McCaffrey 1952, 152-3, no. 77)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 January 2017
References
Redington, M. 1916a Notes on the Ordnance Survey Letters relating to the barony of Dunkellin: v. - Killeeneen parish. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 45-61.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.