Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballintadder, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintadder
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96999, -8.72661
- SMR number
- MA063-060----
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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 gently undulating pasture, located on a low rise, with good views.
This enclosure, possibly a rath, is not shown on 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps.
It consists of a subcircular or broadly oval raised area (34.6m E–W; 28.2m N–S) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 7m, H 1.8m at ENE; Wth slope 2m, H 0.6m at W). The scarp remains well defined at SE–W, but it is lower and more irregular in outline at NW-NE.
The interior slopes gently down from NE to S. The surface is uneven and there are several hollow and irregular sod-covered stony rises in the S half, suggesting past disturbance.
An E–W field wall overlies the base of the scarp at S. It is known locally as a ‘fort’.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.