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Ringfort - rath

Ballymacredmond (Tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballymacredmond (Tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.), County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballymacredmond (Tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.05790, -9.16542
SMR number
MA039-077----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 on an E–facing slope, providing very good views to N and E; rising ground restricts views to W. Raised circular area/platform (29.5m N–S; 28.5m E–W to fence) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (4.5m at E, 4m at W; int. H 0.2m at E, 0.7m at W; 1.7m at E, 0.6m at W).
The rath platform is built up on the E half to compensating for the natural slope, creating a level interior, and the external slope of the bank is enhanced here by the natural fall of ground. There is no clearly defined entrance, but a low area is evident in the bank at E, and there are eroded areas/breaks (Wth c. 1m) in the bank at NNW and SSW. The rath is engulfed in a thicket of hawthorn and blackthorn. Field clearance stones and boulders are evident in parts along line of bank.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 1 April 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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