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Ringfort - cashel

Carrowkilleen, County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Carrowkilleen
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.11708, -8.94630
SMR number
GA113-089----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 an area of gently undulating grassland and rock outcrop. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 25.7m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall overlain by field-clearance rubble. The remains of two house sites (GA113-089001- and GA113-089002-) are visible within the interior.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 24 January 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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