Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowliam More, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowliam More
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00064, -8.90612
- SMR number
- MA050-014----
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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 at E end of an E–W spine of elevated ground, surrounded to N, E and S by tracts of bog intermixed with reclaimed grassland. To E, the lowlying bog stretches for c.600m to the River Moy. A derelict farmstead lies immediately to SE. A road skirts the rath at SW–NE.
Raised circular area or platform (30m N–S; 31m E–W) defined by a substantial scarp (H 1.5m at SW, 2.6m at SE). At SW–NW the scarp is topped by a slightly raised earthen rim, suggesting an original bank of width c. 3-3.5m. A field fence merges with the scarp on its NW arc. At E the external slope of the scarp has been cut away slightly, and at SE–S it has been cut to the vertical and faced with drystone walling; these modifications are relatively recent in date, probably relating to the period of habitation of the adjacent farmstead.
The interior is level. At the S there is a ramp-like slope in the scarp, which appears to have been either created or modified relatively recently, but may mark the site of an original entrance.
A heap of field clearance debris is piled against the SW side of the rath.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.