Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylin East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylin East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA104-029003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in undulating cleared pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 213) as a densely overgrown 'earthen fort(?)' (diam. c. 30m), lying 'within 70 ft' (c. 21m) of the site of another possible rath (GA104-029001-). There was a 'square stone structure' (GA104-029004-) in the W half of the interior. Not located.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 December 2016
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