Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockaun (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaun (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21994, -8.35446
- SMR number
- GA107-123----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 55m) defined by a bank and external
fosse from SW through W to N. From N through E to SW the bank has been levelled and all that survives is degraded scarp.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.