Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caheratrim (loughrea By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caheratrim (loughrea By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16098, -8.61006
- SMR number
- GA115-016----
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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 W-facing slope in grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 35m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Traces of stone-facing are visible on the outer face of the bank at SW. There is a causewayed entrance gap at S. A souterrain (GA115-016001-) lies in the NE quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.