Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Kilcolgan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolgan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20940, -8.87034
- SMR number
- GA103-201----
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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 cleared pastureland. When inspected in April 1967 only the N half of this cashel (diam. c. 40m) survived. It was defined by a drystone wall with massive stones at the base of the inner and outer wall-face (SMR file). It was known locally as a ‘fort’. On re-inspection in May 1992 the field was being leveled and no visible surface traces survived.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 2 April 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.