Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tomany Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tomany Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10965, -8.42693
- SMR number
- GA116-118----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a hillock in rolling pastureland. Circular rath (diam. 33m), in fair condition, defined by a low bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) that is densely overgrown. At E it is overlain by a field wall. A rath (GA116-117----) and a possible rath (GA116-116----) lie c. 35m and c. 175m to the W respectively.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.