Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacurragh,ballycuddy, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacurragh,ballycuddy
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17132, -8.65185
- SMR number
- GA105-015----
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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. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 43.3m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is best preserved from E through S to W; stone-facing is visible intermittently from E to S. From W to NE the bank is very low or barely discernible and no trace of it survives at WNW. A gap is evident at NE. The NE section of the fosse is now used as a watering place for cattle. The outer bank is best preserved from NW to NE. A grassed-over bank abuts the monument at SSW. It runs SE for 33.5m towards a terrace; it may be associated with the rath. A standing stone (GA105-230----) lies c. 40m to the E. (McCaffrey 1952, 253, no. 28)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.