Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glentavraun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glentavraun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88605, -8.77831
- SMR number
- MA073-007----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, located at the top of a gentle S-facing slope, overlooking gently undulating pasture land and bog. There is rising ground to N.
A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map, but not on later map editions. It has been levelled, but the outline of S half is still evident as a slightly raised arc (diam. c. 22m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1m; Wth slope 2m at S) curving WSW–SE, truncated at W by a field fence on NW–SE axis. The interior is level but appears to have been raised on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. There is a hint of a depression (Wth c. 2m) outside the scarp at S, possibly indicating a fosse.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.