Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rooaunmore (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rooaunmore (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15412, -8.84177
- SMR number
- GA113-188----
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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. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (44.5m N-S; 40m E-W) defined
by a low bank (base Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) that is clearly visible from SE through W to NNE. A field wall cuts through the monument at NNE and SE and to the E of it some traces of the bank are evident. Stone-facing is visible on both faces of the bank at NW and on the inner face at N. No trace of the fosse survives. There is a souterrain (GA113-188001-) within the N half of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 278, no. 15a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 April 2018
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.