Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyhiernaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhiernaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07639, -9.15266
- SMR number
- MA039-057001-
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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
Located slightly E of centre in the interior of a rath (MA039-057----). Roughly circular area (diam. 6.5m) defined by a low rim (Wth 1.2-1.7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25-0.45m) of earth and stone. It occupies the NW quadrant of a low square platform (13.5m N–S; 13.5m E–W; H 0.25m).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.