Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Park (Costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Park (Costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95064, -8.69486
- SMR number
- MA063-034----
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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 elevated ground, overlooking a small river, which is located 30m to the W. There is a narrow strip (Wth 4m) of level ground immediately to W of the rath, beyond which ground falls steeply to the river bank. An E-W road (N 5) lies immediately to S.
This rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m), with a possible arc of fosse and external bank at NE; on the 1920 edition it is shown as a D-shaped hachured enclosure, with the straight side at S−SW.
The rath was severely damaged by quarrying in the early 20th century,: the only portions of the rath that remain intact are a semi-circular arc of bank at NW−SE, with a 2m wide strip of interior just inside the bank at NW−N.
There is a deep, grassed-over depression (c. 15-20m across), with a heap of stones in the base, immediately to NW of the rath, probably another quarry. There is a rath (MA063-035----) c. 120m to SE, and another rath (MA063-034----) 200m to E.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 10 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.