Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowroe (kilmeen Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowroe (kilmeen Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.20514, -8.44583
- SMR number
- GA106-040----
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 undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. c. 38m) defined by two
banks and an intervening fosse. The internal face of the outer bank is stone-faced at SSW. A field wall cuts through the monument from N to S. A souterrain (GA106-040001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 15 September 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.