Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gort, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06727, -8.81722
- SMR number
- GA122-097001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On an island in the Gort River within Gort town. Fahey (1893, 15, 174) noted that the 7th-C King Guaire had a ‘palace’ here, known as ‘Gort insi Guaire’. Presumably it was an earthwork, possibly a ringfort, although no details of its form or extent are known. Not precisely located. The 18th-C military barracks (GA122-097002-) were subsequently built on its site (ibid., 15). The ITM coordinates provided here are only indicative of its general location based on the available evidence.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 July 2019
References
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
Nearby in the register
- Barracksunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.