Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Limepark South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limepark South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.12500, -8.74249
- SMR number
- GA114-113----
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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 rise in pastureland and overlooking a seasonal turlough to the SW. Though heavily overgrown with hawthorn and briars this circular rath (diam. c. 25m), defined by a bank and external fosse, is fairly well preserved. The bank is steep and high (int. H 2m; ext. H 4.5-5m) and the fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 1m below ext. ground level) is flat bottomed. Gaps occur in the bank at E and W. On the day of inspection the interior was impenetrable due to overgrowth.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 15 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.