Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glenaclara East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenaclara East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16867, -8.58390
- SMR number
- GA105-094----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a steep rise in undulating pastureland. This oval rath (33m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives from N to ENE and from SSE to SW. The fosse is visible all round. The outer bank is evident from ENE to SSW and from NNW to N. At W the natural slope of the hill has been incorporated into the enclosing element. There is a causewayed entrance gap at ENE. A field boundary cuts across the monument from N to SSW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.