Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lack West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lack West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91177, -9.18882
- SMR number
- MA070-093----
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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
In pasture on the crest of a low NE–SW running ridge. A fairly overgrown subcircular area (int. diams. 28m E–W; 24m N–S) is enclosed by an inner flat-topped bank of earth and stone (int. H 0.8-1.25m; Wth 4-7m; ext. H 1.5-2m) and a shallow outer fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 2m) which is only clearly visible along the N. Intermittent traces of drystone facing on the inner face of the enclosing bank along the S and outer facing stones along the W (av. H 0.3m) survive. A gap (Wth 3m) at NE may be the original entrance. The partly overgrown interior slopes gently down to E. The townland boundary wall with Park townland runs NW-SE immediately outside the monument at SW.
Date of visit: 26-11-2024
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.