Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowleagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowleagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14160, -9.02886
- SMR number
- MA031-012----
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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 pasture, on a low ridge, with good views. To W ground slopes to a lowlying expanse of wettish pasture.
This enclosure is not shown on the 1837-8 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1922 edition as a penannular hachured area, open to NE. It consist of a slightly raised, semi-circular area (30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined on the curving side at E-WNW by a scarp with a low internal lip (Wth 4m; int. H 0.35; ext. H 1.05 to S, 1.5m to W), from which stones protrude. To N−NE the enclosure has been levelled, here there is an area of rough, uneven ground, dotted with field clearance heaps. There is a slight depression (Wth c. 2m) outside the bank to E, possibly indicating an infilled fosse, but it cannot be traced elsewhere.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.