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Ringfort - rath

Ballyglass (Costello By., Kilmovee Par.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyglass (Costello By., Kilmovee Par.), 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
Ballyglass (Costello By., Kilmovee Par.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.89043, -8.65503
SMR number
MA074-006----

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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 pasture, located on a rise with good views, particularly extensive to S.
This rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure and on the 1920 edition as a hachured semi-circular area, open to NW. It has been partly levelled and the N arc of the enclosure has been truncated. It is evident now as a roughly D-shaped raised area (28m N–S; 30m E–W) defined on the S arc by a broadly sloping levelled scarp (H 1.6m at S), steepest and best defined SE–S. The straight side to N is bordered by an E–W field wall.
The interior has a slight slope down from centre to S and SE, and the surface is somewhat uneven in places. In the centre, there is a pronounced linear depression (8m E–W; 2-2.4m N–S; D 0.1-5m), most clearly defined on its N edge.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 31 May 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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