Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisrabirra, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisrabirra
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.08714, -8.79765
- SMR number
- GA123-072----
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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
On a gentle rise in undulating farmland. This subcircular rath (39.8m E-W; 38.3m NW-SE), in fair
condition, is defined by a bank and external fosse and it is surrounded by a drystone field boundary. The bank (base Wth 5.28m at E; int. H 1.96m; ext. 0.85m), which is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes, is visible all round. A gap at SE appears to be modern and allows access to the interior of the site. The fosse (Wth 3m) survives from SSW to N to ESE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 29 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.