Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownaglogh (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownaglogh (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12885, -9.03220
- SMR number
- MA031-023----
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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
Located on level ground in an area of undulating average pasture. Views are restricted by rising ground to N and E.
Circular area (diam. 37m N-S) defined by a severely degraded bank (Wth c. 4m; max. H 0.5m). The bank is best preserved at W−NE; it peters out at E−SE to a slight rise, overlain by field clearance debris, and is levelled at S−W, where the rath is truncated at the junction of two later field walls. A band of thistles (Wth 4-5m) outside the bank to NE may indicate an infilled fosse. The interior, which is not noticeably raised, has an uneven surface, strewn with boulders. There appears to be a depression close to the inner face of the bank at N and NW, but it was obscured by overgrowth at the time of visit. According to local tradition, the rath was used as a children’s burial ground (MA031-023001-). There is an E−W farm track immediately to S of the rath.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 28 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.