Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymabilla, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymabilla
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.27844, -8.44660
- SMR number
- GA098-036----
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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
In undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 28m, N-S 24.5), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from SW through W to NW. Traces of an outer bank are evident from SW to WSW. Stone revetment is visible intermittently on the internal face of the inner bank from NE through S to W. A field boundary overlies it from WSW through N to NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.