Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Parkbaun (dunkellin By.),gortroe (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parkbaun (dunkellin By.),gortroe (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18819, -8.77902
- SMR number
- GA104-143----
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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 undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 50m) defined by an inner bank, with evidence of internal stone-facing, an intervening fosse and outer drystone wall. A field boundary clips the monument from NNW to N. There is a souterrain (GA104-143001-) in the W sector of the interior. (Knox and Redington 1916, 180-81; McCaffrey 1952, 230-31, no. 118)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Knox, H.T. and Redington, M. 1915-16 Some rath-caves in and near the barony of Dunkellin. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 178-90.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.