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Rathbal, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Rathbal
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.15034, -9.24597
SMR number
MA030-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Adjacent to a farmstead. This enclosure is shown on the on the 1837 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. 20-25m). On the 1930 edition it is shown incorporated into later field boundaries at SW and N, with farm buildings immediately adjacent at NE and SE.
The enclosure has been levelled. The location is grassed over and partly engulfed in overgrowth on the W side, which is bordered by a N–S field boundary. A farm track clips the E side of the location, leading to a cluster of farm sheds immediately to NE. There is a modern dwelling to SE.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 April 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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