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Ringfort - rath

Meelick (Tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Meelick, 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
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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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 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

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

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