Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (kiltartan Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (kiltartan Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10323, -8.79775
- SMR number
- GA123-078----
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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
At S end of a ridge in grassland. Circular rath (diam. c. 34.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. A gap (Wth 4.2m) at ENE may be original. A souterrain (GA123-078001-) is associated. Another rath lies c. 75m to the SW and there is a large enclosure (GA123-077----) c. 77m to the NE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.