Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylara, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylara
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.14323, -8.82359
- SMR number
- GA113-017----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 43.6m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a stone-lined entrance causeway at E. A modern field wall cuts through the monument at N and SE, and another cuts the outer bank at SSE. No trace of the fosse or outer bank survive from SW to W where a pathway runs adjacent to the monument. (McCaffrey 1952, 263, no. 32)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 November 2016
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.