Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlenancy, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlenancy
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21417, -8.42298
- SMR number
- GA106-045----
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
On a rise in low-lying pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 45m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) is visible at W. There is a souterrain (GA106-045001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 24 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.