Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cartron (clonmacnowen By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (clonmacnowen By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.26483, -8.29505
- SMR number
- GA099-055002-
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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
Some 5m N of a ringfort (GA099-055----). Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (N-S 20m, E-W 15m) defined by a low earthen bank. Possibly associated with the adjacent rath.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.