Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tooreen (tirawley By., Templemore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
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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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
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.