Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caherglassaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherglassaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10723, -8.87743
- SMR number
- GA122-026----
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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
In undulating grassland. A well-preserved circular rath (diam. 24m) defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse; traces of the latter only survive intermittently. Some inner stone-facing is visible at N. A gap (Wth 3.5m) at ESE may be original. Two house sites (GA122-026001- and GA122-026002-) are visible in the interior at W and N, and internal divisions are evident in NE and SE quadrants.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 January 2017
The following images have been uploaded:
GA122-026----_02.jpg View from ENE
GA122-026----_03.jpg View from NNE with tower house (GA122-029----) in centre background
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.