Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeen (costello By., Kilbeagh Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (costello By., Kilbeagh Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93096, -8.86261
- SMR number
- MA062-128----
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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 rough, stony pasture, scattered with field clearance cairns, located on a low rise with generally good views. There is a higher rise to ESE.
Roughly circular raised area (diam. 26.6m WNW–ESE) defined N–E by a scarp (H 1.5m; Wth slope 5.3m at NE), at SE–W by a low stony rise/stone bank (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) and incorporated W–N into a later field wall. The enclosing scarp is quite substantial, broadly sloping and rather uneven, with field clearance stones piled against it in parts.
The interior has an uneven, stone-strewn surface. There is a souterrain (MA062-128001-) in the SW quadrant. A field wall on a WNW–ESE axis bisects the interior roughly centrally.
Dense blackthorn and brambles obscures much of the interior. A possible house (MA062-128002-) is located immediately to SE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2021
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.