Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derry (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derry (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18587, -8.13265
- SMR number
- GA108-056----
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. Known locally as a ‘lios’, this very poorly preserved almost circular enclosure (37.5m N-S; 36m E-W) is defined by a tree-lined scarp. Possibly a rath that was reused as a landscape feature.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 March 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.