Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballagh East (clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagh East (clonmacnowen By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.26945, -8.26809
- SMR number
- GA099-018----
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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
In flat farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). All that survives is a slightly raised and roughly circular area surrounded by large boulders. A tree is growing at its centre. Two ringforts (GA099-015----, GA099-016----) are visible c. 150m to NW and SE respectively
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.