Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Drumharsna North, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumharsna North
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15176, -8.85481
- SMR number
- GA113-109----
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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 gentle rise in pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 270-71, no. 25b) as a 'Stone fort (?)' consisting of a 'semi-circular wall, field-fences and two structures' enclosed by a cashel
wall which was subcircular in plan (c. 37m by c. 32m). There was an 'entrance [Wth c. 4.6m] on northeast side', though on his plan this is marked at NW. The 'two structures' (c. 12m by 5m and c. 8m by 5m), rectangular in plan, are shown in S half of the interior, separated by a curving wall. They may be the remains of house sites. A possible annexe is indicated on the plan at NW. Due to field clearance, no visible surface trace of the cashel or its associated features survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 August 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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