Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Portumna Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portumna Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08451, -8.22856
- SMR number
- GA127-027----
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
In a forested area overlooking Lough Derg to the SE. Roughly circular in plan, this possible rath (int. diam. c. 50m) is defined by a bank (int. H 0.7m) and fosse (Wth 2m; D 1m). The bank is faced with stone externally. Trees are growing around and within the interior of the monument (Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd., 1997).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 July 2017
References
Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd. 1997 Archaeological site inspection of an earthwork at Portumna townland, Portumna, Co. Galway. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.