Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballindrehid, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballindrehid
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89200, -8.97449
- SMR number
- MA071-146----
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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 just below the highest point on a ridge, close to a gradual fall of ground at NW–NE which provides are good views, especially to NE over a valley of damp pasture. Immediately to SSE−SSW ground rises gently along the spine of the ridge.
A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. By the time of the 1931 edition, the rath has been encircled by a later field boundary and only the NE arc of the enclosing bank is depicted with hachuring.
It has been levelled. Ephemeral surface undulations can be traced in a broad curve (diam. 25-30m N−S) at N−SW. The interior ground surface has an uneven, disturbed appearance. An opening to a souterrain (MA071-146001) is located in a slightly raised area, roughly NE of centre. There is a rath (MA071-145-----) 80m to SW and a possible rath (MA071-144----) 235m to SW.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.