Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lurgan More, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgan More
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19913, -8.33818
- SMR number
- GA107-149----
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
On a W-facing slope in grassland with bogland to the S. This well-preserved subcircular rath (54m N-S; 48m E-W) is defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is overgrown with trees and is best preserved from S to SSW and from NW to NE (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m). The fosse (Wth 3.5m) is obscured with overgrowth but is most clearly visible from SE to SW. There is a wide causewayed gap (Wth 12m) at NE. A N-S field boundary runs to the E of the site.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.