Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leitrim More, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim More
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15897, -8.48010
- SMR number
- GA116-086----
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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
Near the summit of a hillock in pastureland. This circular rath (diam. 33m), in fair condition, is defined by a bank at SW and W, and elsewhere by a scarp. Large boulders are evident in the material of the bank.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.