Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltormer East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltormer East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.23640, -8.25389
- SMR number
- GA099-124----
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 the crest of a prominent ridge in level grassland. Circular rath (diam. 31m), in fair condition, defined by a bank overgrown with hawthorn trees and bushes. A gap (Wth 2.5m) at SW may be original.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.