Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curheen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curheen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17769, -8.58891
- SMR number
- GA105-074----
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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 slight rise in undulating pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 35m), in fair condition, defined by a grass-covered bank and external fosse; a field wall overlies the site of the latter from NNW to NNE. A gap (Wth 1.7m) at ENE may be original. When inspected in 1974 a slight bank of earth and stone (L 9m) was noted extending from the fosse at S and curving slightly to the W (SMR file). It was possibly the remains of an annexe.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 7 December 2017
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.