Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Abbeyland Great, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland Great
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisnarabia
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnarabia
- Coordinates
- 53.21763, -8.12520
- SMR number
- GA108-001----
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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 S-facing slope in grassland. Oval rath (66m N-S; 56m E-W), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SW through N to SE, and the fosse survives from SW through W to N and at SE. The latter has been quarried out from N to E; quarrying has
also encroached upon the monument at S. Centrally placed within the interior is a circular grassed-over stone structure (diam. 4.7m); probably a house site.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.