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
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.22999, -8.23466
- SMR number
- GA099-026----
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 low-lying grassland. Circular rath (diam. 27.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth
and stone with traces of an external fosse visible from SW to WSW. A gap (Wth 1.9m) at ESE may be original, while another at WSW appears to be modern.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Cenotaphunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.