Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowreagh (gallen By., Meelick. Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (gallen By., Meelick. Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92743, -8.99429
- SMR number
- MA071-036----
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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, located on a rise in undulating terrain, with good views SE−SW along the course of a stream, which is 130m to S. Ground rises to NNE.
Slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m, at E), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.2m at E) with an external bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6m, at E). The outer bank has been levelled on the NW arc.
The original entrance may have been at SSE where there is a gap (Wth 3m) in the inner bank, with a corresponding break in the outer bank. There may be a causeway across the fosse here –a slight rise is evident but was obscured at time of visit by a heap of old farm machinery. The rath is densely ringed with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes. There are raths (MA071-037----; MA071-038----) 255m to E and 260m to SE, respectively.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 July 2021
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.