Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corraun (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corraun (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90648, -9.14662
- SMR number
- MA070-114----
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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 top of a low ridge with fine views throughout. A subcircular area (int. diams. 40m N-S; 36m E-W) is enclosed by an overgrown bank of earth and stone (int. H 0.1-0.3m; Wth 4-5m; ext. H 1.6-1.9m) along the N and S sectors which has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.4m at WNW-1.8m at E) elsewhere. There is a wide gap (Wth 5m) at W. The interior slopes gently down towards the E.
Date of visit: 9-5-2025
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.