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Ringfort - rath

Lack West, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lack West, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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