Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moneen East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneen East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15697, -8.74725
- SMR number
- GA114-133----
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
In flat pastureland. On inspection in October 1982 this poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 26.9m) was defined by a bank from N through E to S. The W half had been levelled. Its complete outline is clearly visible on OSi aerial imagery (Google maps).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 17 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.