Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sheepwalk, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheepwalk
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25550, -8.25488
- SMR number
- GA099-169----
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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 rise in grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 29.7m, E-W 27.6m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the inner bank survives from S through W to N, or of the outer bank from SW to W. A field wall overlies outer bank from NE to SW. There is an entrance causeway at N.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.