Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castletaylor South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletaylor South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17574, -8.78943
- SMR number
- GA104-106----
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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 level pastureland. Circular rath (diam. 31.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is only visible at S and W. Traces of stone-facing are evident along the bank at SW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 3.2m) at E. (McCaffrey 1952, 224, no. 13)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 24 November 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.