Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ardranny Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardranny Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisnafairy
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnafairy
- Coordinates
- 53.25495, -8.28694
- SMR number
- GA099-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 slight rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 38m) defined by a low bank best preserved at N. No visible surface trace survives at SSW. A field boundary cuts the monument at NW and 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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.