Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ahapouleen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ahapouleen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22215, -8.96259
- SMR number
- GA102-001001-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating grassland. When initially visited by the Survey in November 1982, this poorly preserved subcircular rath (40m E-W; 33m N-S) was defined by a degraded bank. A field wall cut through the monument at W and E, and a gap at NW appeared to be modern. A T-shaped rise, encompassing some rock outcrop, was evident in the interior. When revisited in May 1992, the area to the N of the field wall had been totally levelled as a result of field clearance. To its S a grass-covered mound was visible; a lot of stone protruded from it. A trackway (GA102-001002-) may be associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.