Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gowel (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.