Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Creggaun (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggaun (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00823, -8.95872
- SMR number
- MA050-002001-
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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 pasture, located a gentle break of slope on the S side of an E–W ridge, with excellent views in all directions.
This ringfort, possibly a cashel, is engulfed in dense blackthorn and brambles, which impeded inspection. It consists of a broadly oval area (c. 25m E−W; 20m N−S) defined by a substantial sod-covered stony bank (Wth c. 3-4m; int. H 0.3m at SW, 1m at NW; ext. H 0.8m at SW, 1m at NW), possibly a collapsed drystone wall, which is covered in dense overgrowth and piles of field clearance stones. There appears to be a gap (Wth c. 3-4m) at N, now obscured by overgrowth. The interior is level, built up on the S side to compensate for the natural ridge slope. There is a souterrain (MA050-004002-) in the centre of the interior. A stony rise is evident on the S edge of the interior, possibly a field clearance heap; it is obscured by overgrowth. A possible rath (MA050-001-/MA049-062-) is located 70m to W.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.