Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowmore (ballynacourty Ed ), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (ballynacourty Ed )
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21190, -8.95625
- SMR number
- GA103-097----
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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 ridge, c. 150m to the N of Tyrone Bay. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) and classified by McCaffrey (1952, 191, no. 15) as a very denuded ‘Earthen fort’ defined by a bank. Not visible at ground level but its outline is evident on the OSi ortho_2005 aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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