Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ranagissaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranagissaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88913, -8.66452
- SMR number
- MA074-004----
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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 an expanse of rolling reclaimed pasture, located towards the base of a S-facing slope giving extensive views to S–SE.
This rath is evident as a raised, circular area (26.5m N–S; 25.2m E–W) defined by a low, broadly slumped scarp (Wth slope 2m at N, 5.7m at S; H 0.4m at N, 0.7m at S), which has been partly levelled. The platform appears to have been built up higher on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. There is a rath (MA073-019----) located c. 200m to WSW and another rath (MA074-005----) c. 215m to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.