Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cloghboley, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghboley
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16255, -8.86212
- SMR number
- GA113-096----
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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 with outcropping rock. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 25m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. A possible entrance gap at E is delimited by a line of upright stones. Abutting the cashel wall at SE is an L-shaped foundation line of upright stones (NNW-SSE; L 3.5m; Wth 2m); possibly an associated annexe or house site. A stone structure (GA113-096002-) lies within the interior. A house site (GA113-096001-) lies c. 60m to ESE. (McCaffrey 1952, 269, no. 9)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 28 November 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Structureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.