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Ringfort - rath

Poppyhill (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Poppyhill (longford By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.24615, -8.38457
SMR number
GA098-129----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a N-facing slope in grassland. Subcircular rath (34.4m E-W; 32.3m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a bank and fosse. The bank is visible from NE through E to SSW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives from NNE to SW. A stream surrounds the monument from N to NE and a modern trackway cuts through it at SW and E.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 6 March 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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