Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissanacody, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissanacody
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21707, -8.15383
- SMR number
- GA108-167----
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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 level grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (40m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is visible from N to E and survives elsewhere as a vegetation band. Possible entrance gap at SSE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 29 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.