Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballynascragh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynascragh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.19443, -8.71483
- SMR number
- GA104-055----
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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 reclaimed pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 42.3m) defined by a drystone wall. An ENE-WSW running field wall clips the monument at SE and WSW. There is a souterrain (GA104-055001-) and the remains of two house sites (GA104-055002- and GA104-055003-) within the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 216, no. 76)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.