Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
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----
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, 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.