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
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21638, -8.11665
- SMR number
- GA108-004----
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 undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure which is cut by a road from E to W. Only S half of this poorly preserved rath (diam. 34m) survives. It is defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is indicated by a darker band of vegetation.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.