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Ringfort - rath

Addergoole (Longford By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Addergoole, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Addergoole (Longford By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisnabitteen
Latest-edition OS map
Lisnabitteen
Coordinates
53.22438, -8.29810
SMR number
GA099-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In flat grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W). A field boundary cut through the monument from N to SSW. No visible surface trace survives.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 8 February 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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