Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.),dunkellin,rinn (killeely Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.),dunkellin,rinn (killeely Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisheendoodan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisheendoodan
- Coordinates
- 53.21086, -8.83113
- SMR number
- GA103-049----
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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 grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 47m) defined by a drystone wall from NE through S to WSW; it is overlain by a field wall from NE to E. From WSW to NE its outline is difficult to determine due to dense overgrowth and the presence of another field wall which may overlie it. A gap at SE appears to be modern. There is a souterrain (GA103-049001-) in the NW quadrant of the interior. (Knox and Redington 1916, 182; McCaffrey 1952, 203, no. 88)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 March 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Knox, H.T. and Redington, M. 1915-16 Some rath-caves in and near the barony of Dunkellin. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 178-90.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.