Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisheeneenaun East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisheeneenaun East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15458, -8.88397
- SMR number
- GA113-146----
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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 level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 56.7m) defined by two banks and an
intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank, overlain by a field wall, are visible only at W. Another field wall overlies the inner bank at NW. Traces of an inner revetment are visible on the inner bank. (McCaffrey 1952, 275-6, no. 19)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 17 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.