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Ringfort - rath

Knockash,Knockroe (Loughrea By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockash, Knockroe, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockash,Knockroe (Loughrea By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.15730, -8.54065
SMR number
GA115-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the N-facing slope of Knockash. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 30m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The W half of the monument is obscured by overgrowth. The townland boundary wall cuts through the site at NE and SE. The inner bank is best preserved to the E of wall; only slight traces of the outer bank survive. The fosse was filled with water when inspected.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 10 January 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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