Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tallowroe, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tallowroe
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.24529, -8.78532
- SMR number
- GA096-163----
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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 rocky pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 165, no. 55) as a circular 'Earthen fort' (diam. c. 29m) defined by a bank, which was in a 'flattened condition, 12' wide [c. 3.6m] and 1' [c. 0.3] to 2' [c. 0.2m] high'. No visible surface trace of it survives but a curving field boundary may mirror its outline. There is a souterrain (GA096-163001-) in the centre of the interior. (Redington 1916a, 55)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 7 September 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 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.