Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fynagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fynagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.23081, -8.13282
- SMR number
- GA100-086----
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
Poorly preserved oval rath (48m NNE-SSW; 33.3m ESE-WSW) defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse; the latter survives from NE through E to W. A gap (Wth 2.9m) at SW may be original. A possible house site (GA100-086001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.