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Ringfort - rath

Gowel (Costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gowel, 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
Gowel (Costello By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.95907, -8.73958
SMR number
MA063-011----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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 a prominent rise, with a pronounced fall of ground at W−N, and a more gradual slope at E. There are fine views over the surrounding lowying grassland.
A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on the 1920 edition. The enclosure has been levelled. A faint subcircular or oval outline (diam. 30-35m), merging with the natural slopes of the rise, is still evident at ground level, bisected to W of centre by N−S field wall. The E half of the perimeter can be traced as a slight semicircular scarp or undulation; the W arc is less clearly defined, but a curving undulation is visible at NW.

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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