Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartron (killeenavarra By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (killeenavarra By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Doansheedy Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doansheedy Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.14496, -8.91354
- SMR number
- GA113-092----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Circular rath (D c. 48m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. McCaffrey (1952, 268, no. 22) noted an entrance gap at S. This is no longer evident as no visible surface trace of the inner bank survives from SE to S. The outer bank, which is overlain by a field wall, is visible from W through N to E.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 September 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.