Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rosturra, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosturra
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06653, -8.35876
- SMR number
- GA126-070----
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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
In dense woodland. Poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a low narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 0.6-0.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (Wth c. 0.4m); the latter is only visible from W to N. The interior of the site and the bank are densely planted with trees.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Quarry1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.