Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonagh More (Tirawley By., Ardagh Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonagh More (Tirawley By., Ardagh Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.13313, -9.21235
- SMR number
- MA030-026----
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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 the top of a N–S ridge, close to the S end of the ridge. There is a steep fall of ground on the W side of the ridge, and a more gradual slope on the E side. The ridge provides panoramic views of the surrounding rolling grassland, an expanse of bog to S, and an area of marshy ground on the shores of Cloonagh Lough, which lies c. 200m to N.
Slightly raised, roughly circular area (36m N–S; 34m E–W) defined by a low bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m, at N). The bank retains a low internal lip at N and S, but elsewhere is mainly reduced to a scarp. At S a line of small stones protruding from the sod appears to mark the inner edge of the bank. There is a slightly raised area to W of centre in the interior, and a slight slope to E and SE from the centre.
Grass cover, with hawthorn trees around the perimeter.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.