Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creggymulgreny, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggymulgreny
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18179, -8.70431
- SMR number
- GA104-125----
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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 rough grazing land. When initially inspected in March 1983 this poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 17.4m) was defined by a grassed-over bank of earth and stone which was completely obscured by overgrowth. McCaffrey (1952, 228, no. 88) noted ‘a depression in the northeast quadrant of the interior’ but no visible surface trace of it survived. On a revisit in October 2001 the
monument had become completely overgrown with thorns and briars and was inaccessible.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 December 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.