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Ringfort - rath

Ballynastaig (Kiltartan By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballynastaig, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynastaig (Kiltartan By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Nastaig Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Nastaig Fort
Coordinates
53.10180, -8.86597
SMR number
GA122-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level farmland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (43.7m E-W; 39.2m N-S) defined by a bank. A gap (Wth 2.2m) at WSW may be original. A wedge-shaped intramural chamber (GA122-018002-) incorporated into the enclosing element at NNE is possibly an animal shelter. There is a souterrain (GA1122-018----) in the NW quadrant of the interior. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; Weir 1980, 150)

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 5 January 2017

References

Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.

Weir, A. 1980 Early Ireland: a field guide. Belfast. Blackstaff Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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