Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Marblehill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marblehill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.08934, -8.47484
- SMR number
- GA125-117----
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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 pastureland in a recently planted conifer plantation. Poorly preserved oval rath (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is clearly visible except to the SE where it is breached by numerous gaps. The fosse is evident all round. The outer bank only survives at SW and NW. The interior is planted with conifers and a pathway cuts through the monument at N and S.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 16 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.