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Ringfort - rath

Tooreen (Tirawley By., Templemore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tooreen (Tirawley By., Templemore Par.), County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tooreen (Tirawley By., Templemore Par.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.25784, -9.24861
SMR number
MA015-011----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on elevated ground on the W side of a N-S ridge; ground falls away to W overlooking the flood plain of the Cloonalaghan River; to E ground rises gradually.
This possible rath is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is indicated on the 1922 edition as a roughly oval area bisected centrally by road on an N−S axis. The central portion (Wth c. 7m) of the enclosure has been largely destroyed by the road which is flanked by field walls; a gentle rise/undulation in the road surface appears to mirror the original contours of the enclosure. The E and W arcs of the enclosure can still be traced in the fields on either side of the road. In the field to W of the road, there is an arc of raised ground (25m N-S; 5.4m E-S) defined on its outer edge by a stony earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m). In the field to E, there appears to be a corresponding arc of bank, but the remains are severely degraded (H c. 0.3m), and are clipped at N end by an E-W property fence. A rath (MA015-010----) is located c. 30 m to NW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 November 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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