What is recorded here
No. of Entry: 08299 Name: Ringfort Status: Recorded Type: Ringfort - rath Broad category: Archaeology and History County: County Galway Townland: Ardrahan South Civil Parish: - Barony: - Region: - Ownership / Management: - Date recorded: 21/12/2016 Record last amended: 13/02/2018 Coordinates: E 483025 (109mBNW of Ahanmore house) N 243662 (118mS of Kilbrannigan church) Date listed: - Material: Earth and stone Period covered: - Description: In level grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 279, no. 25) as a 'Stone fort', it consists of a poorly preserved circular ringfort (diam. 23.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. Field-clearance rubble obscures the enclosing element at W. References
In level grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 279, no. 25) as a ‘Stone fort’, it consists of a poorly preserved circular ringfort (diam. 23.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. Field-clearance rubble obscures the enclosing element at W.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 October 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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