Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shangarry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shangarry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17860, -8.42191
- SMR number
- GA106-152----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in otherwise level pastureland. When visited in March 1983 this fairly well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 25m) was defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank was clearly visible though its perimeter was overgrown with bushes. The fosse and outer bank survived only from W to NNW. A gap in the inner bank at N appeared to be original. There was a souterrain (GA106-152001-) in the W sector of the interior. On a revisit in December 2013 it was noted that the outer bank had been levelled.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.