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
- Killelehy Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killelehy Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.20080, -8.12563
- SMR number
- GA108-088----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In a wooded area, formerly part of Eyrecourt Demesne. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (c. 27m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. The scarp is visible from SW through N to SE; the fosse and outer bank are only evident from SW to W. The monument is densely overgrown and has been quarried out from SE to SW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.