Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Meelick (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meelick (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19981, -9.21369
- SMR number
- MA022-037----
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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 the level top of an E–W ridge, at the break of slope on the N side, giving good views to NW–N over lowlying pasture and to NE across Killala Bay. There is a large knoll immediately to NNE.
Roughly D-shaped area (21.5m E–W; 25m N–S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.75m at NW, 0.5m at E; ext. H 0.8m at NW, 0.5m at E). The straight side is at W. The bank is best preserved at NW-N where it coincides with an abrupt natural fall of ground, but is very low and degraded at SE–SSW. There are several eroded gaps, including at ESE (Wth 2.2m), at W (3.8m) and at NW (Wth 3.3m).
The level interior is not noticeably raised. In the SW quadrant there is a slightly raised circular feature (diam. c. 7.5m), which may be a hut site (MA022-037001-). There is another enclosure (MA022-037----) 90m to NNE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.