Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caherateige,Parkatleva, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherateige,Parkatleva
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16635, -8.83393
- SMR number
- GA113-028----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 rock outcrop and marshland. Circular cashel (diam. 42.1m), in fair condition, defined by two
collapsed drystone walls. The inner wall is surmounted by a later field wall from SW through W to N. The outer wall survives from NNE to S with slight traces also visible from W to NW. (McCaffrey 1952, 265-6, no. 13b)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2017
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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 - cashelunder 1 mi
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- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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