Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ross (Gardiner), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross (Gardiner)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.23281, -9.22477
- SMR number
- MA015-033----
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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, located on an elevation, in an area of gently undulating grassland, with extensive views in all directions, including Rathfran Bay to N and Killala Bay to S.
This rath consists of a broadly oval, raised area (25.5m N–S; 30.8m E–W) defined by remnants of an earthen bank. The bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) is best preserved at S–SW. Elsewhere it survives as a scarp which retains a slight internal lip. The scarp has a pronounced external slope (max. ext. H 2.5m at W) at SW−N, but is lower at NE−E (ext. H 0.65m at E). Outside the bank at NW–N there is a slight depression (Wth c. 4m) which may indicate a fosse. The interior is generally level, but appears slightly lower at E. Slight remains of a linear bank (Wth 1m) extends on a roughly E–W axis across the S half of the interior, and a similar feature is visible in the N half of the interior; they may be relict cultivation ridges. At NW, close to the bank, a roughly circular pit (7m NE–SW; 5.5m NE–SE; D 0.8m) has been quarried into the interior.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.