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Aughrim Ringforts are a pair of ringforts forming a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Location
Aughrim Ringforts are located on farmland 900 m (½ mile) south of Aughrim, County Galway, on Aughrim Hill. They are 335 m apart.
History
Ringforts were built in Ireland in the 6th–12th century as protected farmsteads. The Aughrim forts provide commanding views over the surrounding countryside and overlooking the Melehan River, a tributary of the Suck.
Description
= Aughrim Fort
=A univallate ringfort, about 40 m (130 ft) in diameter.
It is also known as General St. Ruth's Fort, after the Marquis de St Ruth; it was here that the Irish Jacobites placed their cannon at the 1691 Battle of Aughrim, and St Ruth was fatally shot in the field 250 m (270 yd) to the northeast.
= Lisbeg
=A univallate ringfort, about 40 m (130 ft) in diameter.
References
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- Aughrim Ringforts
- Aughrim
- Aughrim, County Galway
- List of national monuments in Connacht
- List of national monuments in County Galway
- Ballinasloe
- Gaelic Ireland
- Lisnagade
- Irish National Heritage Park
- Lismore, County Waterford
