Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rakerin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rakerin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06899, -8.78266
- SMR number
- GA123-082----
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
In level reclaimed pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (c. 47m NW-SE; c. 45m N-S) which was clipped by a NW-SE running road from N to SE. A ‘Cave’ (GA123-082001) is shown within the N sector of the interior. No visible surface survives. The site is now occupied by a school and playing field.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 31 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.