Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Rathbaun (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbaun (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15700, -8.76565
- SMR number
- GA114-151----
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 pastureland at the S end of a small esker. This circular ring-barrow (diam. 24.6m), in fair condition, is defined by a flat-topped mound (diam. 9.9m; H 0.6m) encircled by a fosse (Wth 4-5m) and a low external bank (Wth 2.6-3m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.35m) which is badly eroded at N. The centre of the mound has been disturbed. (McCaffrey 1952, 29, no. 21; 1955, 225; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 68)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 September 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1970).
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.