Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05699, -9.32950
- SMR number
- MA038-091----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a thicket of hazel trees, located on top of an elongated knoll, at its W end. The knoll forms an island of elevated ground surrounded by lowlying, flat wettish grassland, and is bordered on the S side by the Fiddaunglass River, which coincides with the S boundary of the townland.
The rath is shown as a circular enclosure on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on the 1922 edition. Oval area (17.6m NNE–SSW; 26.9m WNW–ESE) defined by a scarp (ext. H 2m; Wth slope 4.8m at W). The enclosure encompasses the full width of the broad W end of the knoll, and utilises the contours of the steep natural slope at SE–W–NE to define and enhance the enclosing scarp. No upstanding bank remains. Stones protrude from the top edge of the scarp in parts.
A gap (Wth 2.5-3m) in the scarp at ESE marks the original entrance. It faces the narrow spine of the ridge, allowing a gradually descent towards the ESE.
The interior slopes down slightly from NW to SE. There is a souterrain (MA039-155) in the W half, indicated by three areas of surface collapse.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 6 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.