Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killeeneen More, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeeneen More
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caherbrogan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22387, -8.79824
- SMR number
- GA104-145----
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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. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m). On the 1933 edition a field boundary curving from SSW to WNW may mirror its outline. McCaffrey 1952, 231) recorded that it was 'Not present' during the course of his survey. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 July 2019
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.