Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Masonbrook, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Masonbrook
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathsonny
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathsonny
- Coordinates
- 53.18142, -8.51054
- SMR number
- GA106-122----
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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 hill summit in otherwise level grassland. This roughly circular rath (diam. 34m), which is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes, is defined by three earthen banks and three fosses. Traces of a possible fourth bank are evident at NE. There is a gap (Wth 2.5m) in the inner bank at ESE and traces of a causewayed gap at NW. There is a souterrain (GA106-122001-) in the NW quadrant of the interior. (Knox 1918b, 74; Westropp 1919a, 184; Harbison 1975, 49)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 September 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 174/1943).
The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 499.
References
Harbison, P. 1975 (2nd. ed. 1992 reprint) Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin.
Knox, H.T. 1918b The Masonbrook rings and mound and their relation to other similar works. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 10, 71-96.
Westropp, T.J. 1919a Notes on several forts in Dunkellin and other parts of southern Co. Galway. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 49, 167-86.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.