Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortymadden, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortymadden
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.20172, -8.41517
- SMR number
- GA106-080----
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. Roughly circular rath (diam. 26m), in fair condition, defined by a bank which appears to have been constructed by scarping a low knoll. Gaps occur at NE (Wth 3m) and SW (Wth 3m). A souterrain (GA106-080001-) is associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.