Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
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
- 53.15198, -8.76937
- SMR number
- GA114-153----
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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 S-facing slope in grassland. Circular rath (diam. 33m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The interior is raised above the level of the surrounding field. The inner bank is visible for most of its circumference and is best preserved from E to S. A road overlies the outer bank from SSW to NNW. Two hollows in the E part of the interior appear to be the result of quarrying. A souterrain (GA114-153001-) is associated. (McCaffrey 1952, 287, no. 28)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 March 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.