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Ringfort - rath

Cloonlarhan, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloonlarhan, 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
Cloonlarhan
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.01037, -8.66431
SMR number
MA051-002----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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, with a fall of ground to N towards a broad expanse of bog, large sections of which are now planted with forestry.
Broadly oval area (25.6m NW−SE; 31.6m NE−SW) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m at N, 1.65m at S; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.05m at N, 0.5m at S). The bank is reinforced or faced in parts with stones, in particular in the vicinity of the three later field fences which abut it at NE, E and SW. There are several narrow eroded breaks on the N arc (Wth 0.6-1m), a break (Wth 1m) at E and one at S (Wth 1m). At very stony section (Wth 2-2.5m) of bank is evident at SW, possibly an infilled gap. The interior is not noticeably raised relative to exterior ground level. It is flat and grassy, with hawthorn and brambles on the perimeter.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 17 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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