Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eyrecourt Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Deerpark Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Deerpark Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.22174, -8.14098
- SMR number
- GA100-082----
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
Prominently located on the SE slopes of Redmond Hill. This oval rath (42m E-W; 35m N-S), in
fair condition, is defined by a low stony bank with traces of inner wall-facing at N and ESE. Whitethorn trees have been planted at regular intervals along it. An external fosse is evident from SE through W to N. From WSW through N to NNE it has been widened considerably as a result of modern landscaping. A gap (Wth 2.5m) at ESE may be original.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.