Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Springfield (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Springfield (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.23518, -8.34958
- SMR number
- GA099-183----
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 level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 26.5m) defined by a bank (base Wth 6.8m; Wth at top 2.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. 0.73m) from S through W to N. A number of trees are growing on its perimeter at S and N. The interior is flat and featureless but a children’s burial ground (GA099-183001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 24 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.