Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymarcahaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymarcahaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.13555, -8.80636
- SMR number
- GA114-015----
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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. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. 23.5m) defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner face of the inner bank is stone-faced. A stone-lined causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.6m) is evident at SE. No visible surface trace of the ‘Cave’ (GA114-015001-) marked in the interior on the OS maps survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.