Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathgorgin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgorgin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25948, -8.68513
- SMR number
- GA096-187----
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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 pastureland, on the N bank of the Dooyertha River. The cropmark of a possible large enclosure (c. 114m NE-SW; c. 108m NW-SE) is clearly visible on Google Earth satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery dated 3/16/2011). It was identified and reported to the Survey by Jean-Charles Caillère.
The following image has been uploaded:
GA096-187----_01.jpg Google Earth, imagery dated 3/16/2011
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 24 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.