Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownavohanaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownavohanaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.09381, -8.80497
- SMR number
- GA123-029----
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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 reclaimed pastureland. According to the landowner, this rath (diam. c. 32m), which was defined by an earthen bank, was levelled c. 1976 during land reclamation. All that survives is a low bank (Wth 0.9m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) from S to WSW that is stone faced externally; otherwise no visible surface trace survives. Apparently when the bank was being removed a stone wall (H c. 1m) was noted in the core of it.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.