Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Galeybeg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galeybeg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54999, -8.07014
- SMR number
- RO042-103----
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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
Visible as a feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 221-2), and situated in a broad, flat-bottomed NW-SE valley. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.6m N-S; 24.7m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4.9m; int. H 0.3-1.2m; ext. H 1.1-1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.4-5m; Wth of base 0.8-1.7m; D 0.2-0.3m) NW-E-SW, but a N-S drain has destroyed the perimeter elsewhere. There are entrances at NNE (Wth 1.6m) and S (Wth 1.8m). Earthwork (RO042-104----) is c. 115m to the SSE, and the castle (RO042-102001-) is c. 105m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.