Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballagh West (clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagh West (clonmacnowen By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballagh Castle (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballagh Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.27678, -8.27010
- SMR number
- GA099-019----
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
In gently undulating marshy pastureland. A poorly preserved castle; all that survives is a section of ENE wall with traces of a batter. Surrounding the monument is a subcircular enclosure (D c. 21.5m) defined by an earthen bank; a series of similar banks radiate from it.
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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.