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Ringfort - rath

Gortaneden (Tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortaneden, 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
Gortaneden (Tirawley By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.07221, -9.36545
SMR number
MA038-038----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 undulating pasture, straddling a rise, with good views generally.
Slightly raised, roughly circular area (23.9m N–S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at S, 1.6m at N). At NW–NNE the scarp has been incorporate into a later field boundary, which respects the curve of the rath; here the scarp retains a low internal rim (int. H 0.2m), and has been faced externally with stones. At NE–SE the scarp is topped with stones. There are two narrow breaks at ENE (Wth 0.5m) and at E (0.6m), but the original entrance is not evident. The interior slopes down slightly from N to S.
There are dense clumps of blackthorn and brambles in the N half of the interior, and the perimeter is ringed with hazel. There is a rath (MA038-040----) c. 40m to S, and an enclosure (MA038-039----) c. 150m to ENE.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 25 July 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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