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Ringfort - rath

Cuilmore (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cuilmore, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cuilmore (Gallen By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.95022, -8.88825
SMR number
MA062-065----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1841 · 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 on top of a knoll, with very good views in all directions but overlooked c. 30m at SSW by a higher knoll, on top of which there is a possible house site (MA062-066----).
This rath is depicted on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). It has been almost entirely destroyed by quarrying, leaving only an arc of raised ground (L c. 22-24m SW–NNE; Wth c. 5m E-W to the quarry edge) on the W edge of the quarry pit. All that remains, therefore, is the SW-NW edge of the rath, including the curving perimeter scarp (ext. H 2m) and a narrow strip (max. Wth 5m) of the interior, from which there is a steep drop of several meters into the quarry pit.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 5 November 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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