Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcarrooraun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcarrooraun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.11993, -8.71924
- SMR number
- GA114-100001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 NW-facing slope in rough grazing land. Circular rath (diam. 40m), in fair condition, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; max. H 0.6m). A drain has been cut around the monument at W. There is a souterrain (GA114-100002-) and standing stone (GA114-100003-) within the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 5 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.