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Ringfort - rath

Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Eyrecourt Demesne
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.21856, -8.14539
SMR number
GA108-075----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In undulating grassland, formerly part of Eyrecourt Demesne. Circular rath (diam. 37m), in fair
condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible from SE through W to NE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives from SW to NE and sections of the outer bank are evident from SW to W and at NNW. A trackway runs immediately outside the inner bank from SE to SW and a field wall cuts through the monument at NE and SE. Gaps in the inner bank at W (Wth 2.5m) and N (Wth 3.4m) are modern. There is a souterrain (GA108-075001-) in the WNW sector of the interior.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 12 December 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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