Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brackloon (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackloon (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90236, -8.95090
- SMR number
- MA072-042----
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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 top of a ridge, with good views. There is an abrupt fall of ground immediately to SW.
Rough circular raised area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.1 at SW, 0.5m at ENE; ext. H 1.1 at ENE, 1.8m at SW), which has a low internal rim n the N half, and is reduced to a scarp on the S half. The external slope at SW has an almost vertical face. There is a low, dilapidated area (Wth c. 2m) in the bank at ENE, which may be the site of an original entrance. A field wall on a NNE−SSW axis crosses the E half of the rath. The perimeter and interior are densely covered by blackthorn and hawthorn scrub, leaving only a small area at SE relatively free of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 March 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.