Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Somerset, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Somerset
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25383, -8.23373
- SMR number
- GA099-178----
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
In marshy grassland and scrub. Circular rath (diam. 23.2m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at E. The W half of the interior is densely overgrown. Traces of a possibly a house site (GA099-178001-) are visible in the S sector.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.