Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathowen East, County Mayo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.