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Cloonyarigaun, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Cloonyarigaun
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.09266, -9.21093
SMR number
MA039-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 pasture, located on top of a ridge, at its N end. Ground falls away to E, with gentler slopes to N and W. The location provides good views, especially N–E.
This possible rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort-like enclosure (diam. 25-30m). It is not shown on the 1930 edition, but a curving field boundary is indicated at the location. The E arc of the enclosure may be preserved in the line of an overgrowth-covered field fence, which curves NE–SE; otherwise, there is no visible trace at ground level.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 September 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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