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Ringfort - rath

Lavy More, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lavy More, 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
Lavy More
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.96633, -8.77066
SMR number
MA063-007----

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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)
  • 1857 · 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 a thicket of overgrowth in the E half of a pasture field, located on top of a steep-sided knoll, overlooking flat, lowlying ground. A low ridge restricts views to N. An old farm track skirts the E side of the knoll, and there is a farmstead immediately to E.
Roughly oval area (c. 20m N−S; c. 15-18m E−W) encompassing the top of the knoll, and defined by a scarp (c. 1.8m at SE) merging with the natural slope. In parts the scarp is topped by a slight stony rim. The scarp has a broader, lower slope at NE; the original entrance may have been on this side.
The NW part of the knoll has been deeply quarried out in the early 20th century to a depth of c. 3m, destroying the NW and centre of the rath interior. The surviving portion of the interior has a very slight slope outwards from centre to the perimeter
There is a local tradition that the rath was used for the burial of unbaptized babies (MA063-007001-); one grave is visible in the SE quadrant. The rath is engulfed in hazel, blackthorn and brambles.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 7 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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