Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnaraheen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaraheen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.23196, -8.29602
- SMR number
- GA099-106----
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 undulating farmland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, which is planted with trees, is visible from ESE through S to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank survive from ESE through S to NNW. A gap at E appears to be modern. There is a silage pit in the NE quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.