Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caheronaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caheronaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21028, -8.54687
- SMR number
- GA105-041----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 32m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and
an intervening fosse. Gaps at ENE (Wth 4.5m) and WSW (Wth 6.2m) may be original. A possible souterrain (GA105-041001-) and house site (GA105-041002-) are associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.