Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygowan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygowan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.08747, -8.38442
- SMR number
- GA125-018----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the N-facing slope of a hillock in rolling pastureland. Subcircular rath (38m E-W; 35m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a scarp (H 2.7m), intervening fosse (Wth 2.8m) and outer bank (Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1,8m). There is a modern causewayed entrance gap at N. The interior rises towards the centre. A souterrain (GA125-018001-) is associated.
Revised by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 November 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 205/1955).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.