Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carheendoo,glennaslat (leitrim By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carheendoo,glennaslat (leitrim By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17752, -8.49998
- SMR number
- GA106-033----
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 low-lying grassland. Roughly circular rath (diam. c. 44m), in fair condition, defined by two
banks and an intervening fosse. No trace of the inner bank survives from ENE to ESE or from SSE to SSW. The outer bank is visible from NW through E to SW. Field walls radiate from the monument at NW and SW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.