Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caherateige, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherateige
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16586, -8.81747
- SMR number
- GA113-029----
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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 scrubland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 264, no. 12a) as a ‘rectangular Stone fort’ (c. 22m by c. 21m) defined by a drystone wall. There was an entrance gap (Wth c. 1.6m) at E flanked by ‘uprights’ and 'a structure measuring 28' x 19' [8.5m by 5.8m] overall' within the interior. Apart from traces of a raised platform, no visible surface trace survives.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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