Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Laggoo, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laggoo
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.07060, -8.49123
- SMR number
- GA125-094----
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 a hillock in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved oval enclosure (38.5m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a steep scarp. A field boundary overlies it at S. The interior is 3.5m above the surrounding field level.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.