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Ringfort - rath

Rathglass West, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathglass West, 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
Rathglass West
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.15759, -9.24164
SMR number
MA030-005----

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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 pasture, located on top of an E–W ridge, with good views in all directions.
This enclosure is shown as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, but the outline of a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 20m) can still be discerned.
There is a holy well (MA030-092001-) 160m to S.

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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