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Ringfort - rath

Clooncona, County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Clooncona
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisheenduff
Latest-edition OS map
Lisheenduff
Coordinates
53.16077, -8.32072
SMR number
GA117-020----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In undulating grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 40m NW-WE; c. 35m NE-SW). No visible surface trace survives. A children's burial ground (GA117-020001-) lay within the interior.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 19 February 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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