Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tawnaghmore Lower,meelick (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnaghmore Lower,meelick (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19726, -9.21230
- SMR number
- MA022-101----
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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 N–facing slope. Views to NE are good, including part of Killala Bay. There is a factory complex 60m to S.
This possible rath is not shown on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps; it was first recorded in an aerial photograph (OS 5 6882-3, Roll 217, pr. 10).
Roughly D-shaped raised area (c. 20-23m N–S; c. 16m E–W to field fence) defined in an irregular arc NNW-S by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1m, at NE), and on the straight side at W by a field fence. The bank is best defined at NNW-NE but at E–SE it is very low and degraded. A band of irises immediately outside the bank at N–NE may indicate an infilled fosse.
At the time of visit, the perimeter and part of the interior at S and W were engulfed in brambles, making inspection difficult.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 May 2019
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.