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
- 53.22851, -8.23440
- SMR number
- GA099-027----
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 level reclaimed grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 46m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is only evident from NE through E to SE, while the fosse is visible all round.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.