Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballydrum, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydrum
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95959, -8.91285
- SMR number
- MA062-031----
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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, located on a low rise. Ground falls away gently to S towards an area of wettish ground fed by a spring. There is a farmstead immediately to SW.
Slightly raised, roughly circular area (25.8m E−W; 23.6m N−S) defined by a scarp, which has been largely incorporated into later field boundaries. At NNW–E the scarp (ext. H 1.2m at N, 0.6m at E) retains a low internal rim; at ESE–SSW it has been modified with an external facing of stone to serve as a field fence, and at SW–NW it has been replaced by a linear boundary fence, on NNW–SSE axis, which delimits the W side of a now derelict farmyard.
The NW quadrant of the interior is noticeably raised, defined by a slight scarp which curves N−W through the centre of the interior. This slightly elevated area marks the location of a possible souterrain (MA062-031001-).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.