Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumharsna South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumharsna South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.13833, -8.85183
- SMR number
- GA113-117----
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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 S-facing slope in pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) defined by a bank of earth and stone from S through W to N. A field wall cuts the monument at N and S and no visible surface trace of it survives to E of it. However, its outline is indicated by a band of darker vegetation. (McCaffrey 1952, 273, no. 39)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 December 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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