Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ellagh Beg, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ellagh Beg
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08824, -9.02468
- SMR number
- MA040-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 an area of rough, stony heather-covered pasture, now largely converted to forestry, in the foothills of the Ox Mountains. There is rising ground to S−SE, and to N−NW ground falls for c. 75m into a small stream valley; the townland boundary coincides with the course of the stream.
Roughly circular area (diam. 25-30m) defined by a low sod-covered stone bank/wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1m). Low heather-covered field walls (Wth c. 1m; H 0.4-0.5m) radiate from the enclosure at SW and NE. Interior obscured by a dense growth of ferns.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.