Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockroe (kiltartan By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (kiltartan By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08974, -8.74295
- SMR number
- GA123-058----
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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 the summit of a ridge in undulating farmland. Oval rath (56m WSW-ENE; 31.7m NW-SE), in fair condition, defined by a bank. A gap (Wth 2.2m) at NNE appears to be modern. A trackway runs around the E limits of the site.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 January 2018
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.