Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacredmond (tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.