Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lagcurragh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lagcurragh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94733, -8.95400
- SMR number
- MA062-041----
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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, on the NW outskirts of Swinford town, located on a rise with good views, particularly extensive to N.
This rath is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as an oval embanked enclosure, bordered on the W side by a field boundary.
It is evident as a D-shaped platform (22.3m NNE-SSW; 21m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen scarp. The scarp (W slope 1.3-3m; H 1.6m) on the curving E side is defined. At S–SSW it is very low, almost flush with exterior ground level. This low area coincides with the spine of the ridge, and may be the location of an original entrance. The straight side to W is defined by an almost vertical scarp (H 0.9m), where the rath was truncated/incorporated into a field boundary as shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
The platform is grass-covered, with a scattering of small blackthorn bushes around the perimeter.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.