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Ringfort - rath

Ellagh Beg, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ellagh Beg, 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
Ellagh Beg
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.08686, -9.04424
SMR number
MA040-022----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 a low rise in sharply undulating terrain, with good but not extensive views. Located close to the SW boundary of the townland.
This rath is indicated as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It has been truncated by a field fence on the NW side, and is evident now as a raised, roughly D-shaped area or platform (18.5m NE−SW; c. 14m NW−SE) defined on the curving side by a scarp, and on the straight side at NW by a field fence. The scarp is low, with a slight, sod-covered internal stony lip (Wth c. 2m), more prominent at NE, and a broad external slump (ext. H 1.1m at NE, 1.3m at SW; 0.5m at SE.). The interior is flat, but there is a slight slump or depression along the line of the field fence at NW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 May 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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