Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garraunnameetagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraunnameetagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lismore
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lismore
- Coordinates
- 53.17211, -8.36730
- SMR number
- GA107-074----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hillock in pastureland. This subcircular rath (38m N-S; 31m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank ( Wth 4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) is visible from SSE through W to NNE; it is overgrown with trees from N to NNE and from SSE to SSW. A scarp forms the enclosing element from NNE to SSE. Small gaps at ESE and WSW are the result of quarrying. The fosse (Wth 3.3m) is best preserved from S through W to N. It is overgrown with trees from N to NE and from SSE to SW; from NE to SSE a field wall overlies it. The outer bank survives from SSE to SSW and from NW to N. It is best preserved at S (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.2m).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.