Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonmeen West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmeen West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95588, -8.75333
- SMR number
- MA063-010----
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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 a dense thicket of blackthorn and hazel, surrounded by coniferous plantation.
Overgrowth impeded inspection of this rath. It consists of a raised circular area or platform (diam. c. 20m) defined by a broadly slumped, earthen scarp (Wth slope 3m at E, 3.8m at SW; H 1.2m at E, 0.75m at SW). The base of the slope on the W half is incorporated into a later field fence.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.