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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15128, -8.77922
- SMR number
- GA114-154----
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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 level pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 26m). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 287, no. 27) as an ‘Earthen fort’ which was ‘very ruinous’. It was defined by a raised area or scarp with some evidence of stone-facing and was completely obscured by overgrowth. No visible surface trace survives. A souterrain (GA114-154001-) is associated.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.