Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballydonagh (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydonagh (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.23885, -8.23834
- SMR number
- GA099-022----
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 grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 38m) defined by a bank from S through W to N. No visible surface trace of E half survives. Two raths (GA099-022001- and GA099-022002-) lie immediately to the S.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.