Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dalystown Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dalystown Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.14666, -8.49726
- SMR number
- GA116-043----
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 low-lying woodland. Subcircular rath (58m E-W; 41.5m N-S), in fair condition, defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. The fosse is visible from NW to NE and from E to SW. The outer bank survives from NNW to NE. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at N may be original. The interior is planted with trees.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 7 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.