Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lagcurragh,tawnamullagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lagcurragh,tawnamullagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95207, -8.95194
- SMR number
- MA062-036----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on the SE-facing slope of a gravel ridge, with good views of the surrounding grassland.
This rath is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch as an intact circular enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m), located at the W edge of Tawnamullagh td., with the western perimeter of the rath incorporated into the townland boundary, which it shares with Lagcurragh Td. to W. It has a more irregular outline on the 1919 OS 6-inch with a roughly semi-circular hachured arc delineating the E half of the rath, and the W side delineated by the undulating line of the townland boundary.
The rath has been severely damaged by quarrying. An irregular-shaped raised area (c. 35m NNE-SSW; c. 25m E−W to the field fence/td. boundary) is evident, bordered to W−NW by the zig-zag course of the field fence/townland boundary. The remains appear to represent the damaged remnants of the N and E part of the rath; the surface consists of uneven disturbed ground. The SE−S portion of the rath appears to have been entirely quarried away. Remnants of a souterrain (MA062-036001-) are exposed in section on the W side of the quarried out area, adjacent to the field fence.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.