Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglass (costello By., Kilmovee Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (costello By., Kilmovee Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88734, -8.64053
- SMR number
- MA074-007----
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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 pasture, located on a ridge.
Slightly raised, circular area (30m E–W; 30.6m N–S) defined by a bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m at N, 0.3m at S; ext. H 1.2m at N, 1.9m at S) of earth and stone. The bank is best preserved on the W–SW. Stones protrude from the top and sides in parts on the S arc, and are more numerous on the N arc, where the bank has been incorporated into later field fences which respect the curve of the rath. The bank is noticeably lower at the E–ESE, possibly the location of an original entrance.
There is a slight slope down from centre to S in the interior. The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles, with some encroachment on the grassy interior.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 May 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.