Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Rathroe, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathroe
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19392, -9.32528
- SMR number
- MA021-099001-
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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, located on the summit of a hill, with excellent views NW-SE over the valley of the Rathroe River, and to S of Nephin Mountain, which dominates the far horizon. This monument is evident as a low-profile, subrectangular flat-topped mound or platform (11m N−S; 15m E−W; H 0.5-0.6) defined by an eroded, irregular scarp. The grass-covered platform appears to be of earthen construction. The surface is uneven, with low hollows and undulations, probably the result of past disturbance. There is an E−W field fence 6m to S of the platform. According to local information, when the field fence was being constructed, human bones were unearthed on, or in the vicinity of, the platform (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016). A smaller mound, known locally as a burial (MA021-099002-), is located 6m to N. There is a rath (MA021-098----) c. 200m to NNW, and a tower house (MA021-033----) c. 160m to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 June 2016
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.