Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killacorraun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killacorraun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Coolcran Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Coolcran Fort
- Coordinates
- 54.06229, -9.39910
- SMR number
- MA038-065001-
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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 pasture, located at a break of slope on the S side a rise, with a stream c. 50m to S, and very good views in all directions.
Named ‘Coolcran Fort’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, this rath consists of a raised circular area (33m N–S; 29.5m E–W) defined by an earthen scarp, topped at E–WSW by a slightly raised stony internal rim (Wth 2.7m). The scarp (Wth slope c. 4m at SSW, 2m at N; ext. H 2m at SSW, 0.7m at N) is markedly more pronounced on the S half, where the rath is built up to compensate for the natural slope and to create a level interior. A slumped area (Wth 2m) in the scarp at E may indicate the location of the original entrance. At N–SSE the scarp has been modified to serve as a property division, and is topped with a post and wire fence and buttressed externally with a bank of stone.
Ground level is slightly higher in the NW quadrant of the interior, and here close to the scarp at NW, there is a very shallow depression which may indicate the location of a souterrain (MA038-065002-). Traces of cultivation ridges traverse the interior on a NNW–SSE axis, particularly evident in the W half.
A low field wall on a NNW–SSE axis bisects the E half of the interior.
The rath perimeter is ringed with oak, hazel and blackthorn.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.