Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryfrench, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryfrench
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16522, -8.39567
- SMR number
- GA116-046----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (42.6m N-S; 33.5m E-W), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank with traces of internal stone-facing survives from N to E, elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse is most clearly visible around the W half of the monument. The outer bank survives from S through W to NNE; field-clearance rubble is packed against it from W to N. A gap (Wth 4m) at E may be original. There is a souterrain (GA0116-046001-) in W half of the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.