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Ringfort - rath

Attinaskollia, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Attinaskollia
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.00520, -8.95242
SMR number
MA050-005001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, close to the SE boundary of the townland, located on a knoll with a steep fall of ground to S giving good views over a flat expanse of bog and reclaimed pasture. There is a more gradual slope for 15-20m to NE–E to the banks of a stream.
Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20m) and on the 1929 edition as an arc of hachuring curving NW–NE. A ‘cave’ or souterrain (MA050-005002-) is indicated on both map editions. This ringfort has been levelled; a slight undulation curving W–NE may preserve the outline of a levelled bank. A field fence on a NE–SW axis cuts across the location.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 June 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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