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
- 54.13932, -9.20816
- SMR number
- MA030-027----
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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 a rise, c. 350m to NE of Cloonagh Lough.
Raised oval area (29.5m NNE–SSW; 22m WNW–ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m at NE, c. 4m at SW; int. H 0.4m at NW, 0.3m at SW; ext. H 1.3m at NW, 1.6m at SW). The bank is generally low and uniform in size, but at SW it has a broadly slumped external slope. The interior is level, but with a slight slope down to NE in the NE quadrant. There is a low area or gap (Wth 1.6m) in the bank at E and another (Wth 1.2) at N.
A post and wire fence extends through the SE side of the interior. A farm track lies close to the SW side of the rath. A quarry pit (c. 12m N–S; c. 8m E–W) has been dug into the W slope of the rise on which the rath is located.
Grass cover, with beech and ash trees on the perimeter.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.