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Ringfort - rath

Ballyglass (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Ballyglass (gallen By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.91608, -8.99113
SMR number
MA071-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 low rise, with good but not extensive views.
This rath was levelled in the 1950's. The outline of the rath can still be traced as a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 29m) defined by a slight scarp, outside which there are ephemeral traces of a fosse and outer bank. The fosse and outer bank are overlain at SSE–SSW by a farm road.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 July 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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