Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyshea, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshea
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17697, -8.71121
- SMR number
- GA104-059----
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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 N-facing slope in rolling pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. 44.8m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible all round, except at NNW. A gap (Wth 2.1m) at NNE flanked by a large boulder on its S side may mark the original entrance. The fosse and outer bank, which is overlain by a field wall, only survive from SW to W. There is a souterrain (GA104-059001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 217, no. 147)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.