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Ringfort - rath

Rathowen East, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathowen East, 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
Rathowen East
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.20425, -9.25223
SMR number
MA022-008----

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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 average pasture, located on a slight rise in undulating terrain. The location provides good but not extensive views, restricted somewhat by gently rising ground.
Slightly raised, circular area (20.8m N–S; 19.9m E–W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.65m), and enclosed by an external fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.2m). The bank is quite degraded and very low internally, reduced almost to a scarp in parts. It is broken by several eroded gaps. The fosse is evident as a very slight depression. The interior is level. There is a gap (Wth 2m) at E, which may be the original entrance, although stones, barely protruding from the ground, extend across the gap.
A ring of hawthorn grows around the perimeter. There is a post and wire fence, on an E–W axis, immediately to N of the rath. There is another rath (MA022-007----) located 100m to N.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 23 April 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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