Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Flughany, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Flughany
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01757, -8.60919
- SMR number
- MA052-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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, prominently located on the crown of a hill, with excellent views over the surrounding landscape of lowlying grassland, expanses of bog and low hills.
Slightly raised circular area (25m N−S; 24.5m E−W) defined by a bank (2.6m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.35m at SE). The bank on the W half now serves as a field boundary, and is densely engulfed in overgrowth. There are several breaks in the bank: at N (1m), at NNE (0.6m) at NE (0.6m) and at S (1m). Interior is level, covered by grass and thistles; perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and brambles, particularly dense on the W.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.