Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballindoo Or Doocastle, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballindoo Or Doocastle
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01829, -8.64920
- SMR number
- MA052-008----
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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)
- 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, located at the W end of an E−W ridge, with a steep fall of ground to W. There is a more gradual slope down to N, and also to the S where ground level dips and then rises again. Views are most extensive to W, overlooking an expanse of bog which stretches to SW.
This possible rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m). It is depicted on the 1920 edition as a semicircular hachured area (diam. 25m N−S), curving S−W−N, with a possible external fosse on the NW arc, which is truncated by a NNW−SSE field boundary.
It has been levelled. Slight undulations at ground level, and a single hawthorn tree at NW, partly define its original outline. A bowl barrow (MA052-009----) is located 100m to SE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.