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Ringfort - rath

Glentavraun, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glentavraun, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

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

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