Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Pallas (Leitrim By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallas (Leitrim By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.13181, -8.36029
- SMR number
- GA117-077----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (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 undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 29m) defined by a scarp and external fosse; the latter is visible from SE through S to W. A field bank cuts through the monument from NE to SE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.