Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Magheraboy (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magheraboy (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87115, -8.64946
- SMR number
- MA074-011----
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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 NW–SE ridge with a steep fall of ground on the NE side.
Slightly raised, broadly oval area (39m E–W; 45.4m N–S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m at NNW) is best preserved W−NE where traces of internal and external stone facing are evident. It is lower and narrower (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) at NE−E, and it is levelled to a low undulation at SE−S. It is incorporated into a later field fence at S−SW, which respects the curve of the enclosure. There is a local tradition of a souterrain (MA074-011001-) in the interior. The interior is level and grassy; the perimeter is ringed with hawthorn trees.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.