Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinderreen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinderreen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballinderreen Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballinderreen Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.18943, -8.91418
- SMR number
- GA103-008----
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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 level pastureland. Roughly circular rath (diam. 61m), in fair condition, defined by a bank
overlain from NW through N to NE by a field boundary. Another field boundary cuts through the monument at NW and SE. Field-clearance rubble is piled on the bank at S. There is a souterrain (GA108-008001-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 177, no. 106)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 October 2016
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.