Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loughturk East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughturk East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25670, -8.25653
- SMR number
- GA099-142----
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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 undulating farmland. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 30m, N-S 25m) defined by a degraded earthen bank, no visible surface trace of which survives from E to S. Gaps at NE and NW appear modern. A ringfort (GA099-169----) lies c. 150m to SSE. (ASGAP 147:8)
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.