Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Carrowmacloughlin (carra By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmacloughlin (carra By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indictated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91997, -9.20303
- SMR number
- MA070-039001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Just off the summit at the S end of a N-S ridge, in dense birch and hazel scrub overlooking Levallinree Lough c. 120m to the W, and originally overlooking a small sheltered bay c. 30m to the S which has since dried out as the result of drainage. When inspected in 1983 (SMR file), the monument was found to comprise an oval-shaped area (int. diams. c. 34m NE-SW; c. 29m NW-SE) defined by the remains of an inner and an outer stone wall with an intervening fosse.
The inner enclosing wall (int. H 1.5m; Wth 2m; ext. H 2.5m) had a gap (Wth 1.7m) at NNW which appeared to have been rebuilt on either side and which did not appear to be an original entrance. The fosse (Wth 2.5-3m) was flat-bottomed. The outer enclosing wall (int. H over fosse 2.5m; Wth. 2m; ext. H 1m) was partially tumbled, its outer facing stones in particular having slipped outward. It contained a denuded gap (Wth 2m) at S which was flanked on its W side by a large natural boulde, suggesting an original entrance.
The interior contained six possible house sites (MA070-039002-) and there was a local tradition that it also contained a souterrain (MA070-039003-).
When reinspected in 2025, the monument was found to be densely overgrown and impenetrable in parts.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 3-11-2025
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.