What is recorded here
On the summit of Aughrim Hill. According to Harbison (1975, 88), this Nat. Mon. is the place where Lieut.-General the Marquis de St Ruth died during the Battle of Aughrim (GA087-127----). However, Hayes-McCoy (1942, 18-19) places this event 700m to SE in the area marked on OS 6-inch maps as the 'The Bloody Hollow'. It consists of a subcircular rath (E-W 39m, N-S 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. Traces of a possible external fosse survive from NW to N. A gap at E may be original. There is a named bush (GA087-005----) 230m to NE. II - North Galway'. GA087-004---- Aughrim 001.jpg
On the summit of Aughrim Hill. According to Harbison (1975, 88), this Nat. Mon. is the place where Lieut.-General the Marquis de St Ruth died during the Battle of Aughrim (GA087-127----). However, Hayes-McCoy (1942, 18-19) places this event 700m to SE in the area marked on OS 6-inch maps as the 'The Bloody Hollow'. It consists of a subcircular rath (E-W 39m, N-S 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. Traces…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-004
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.jpg/250px-Battle_of_Aughrim_by_Jan_Wyk_(cropped).jpg "Photo: Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain")
Battle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 406 ydEnclosure in Garrynamishaun or Aughrim Plots,kilcommadanEnclosure · 436 ydThe bloody HollowHeritage attraction · 881 ydBattle of Aughrim Interpretative CentreMuseum · 1104 yd
The RectoryRectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 1239 yd
Saint Catherine's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1242 ydCastle (Site of)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1468 yd
European Beech4.2 miEuropean Beech4.4 mi
Kilconnell AbbeyHeritage attraction · 4.4 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4070639.jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht,_Killure,_Galway_(1)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4070639.jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Killure Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 4.9 miPictures: Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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