Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Breaghwy (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Breaghwy (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09454, -9.10895
- SMR number
- MA039-028----
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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
In pasture, on a low N–S ridge, with good but not extensive views.
Raised circular area (29m N–S; 28m E–W) defined on the E half by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m), which is reduced on the W half to a scarp (Wth slope 3.8m; ext. H 1.5-1.9m) with a slight internal rim. The external slope of the bank/scarp is high, with a broad slope. A gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at NE may indicate the location of the original entrance. Grass cover, with hawthorn on bank on the E half.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.