Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynabucky (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynabucky (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisgortrahoon
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisgortrahoon
- Coordinates
- 53.20088, -8.84092
- SMR number
- GA103-020----
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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
On a slight rise in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (30m E-W), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse; the latter only survives from NW to N. Traces of stone-facing are evident along the inner face of the bank at NE. Field walls overlie the enclosing element from through S to NW. There is a souterrain (GA103-020001-) in the N sector of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 179, no. 85)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2017
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.